WTVO-TV (Rockford, IL)

WTVO (channel 17) is a TV station based in Rockford, Illinois, USA, that is affiliated with both ABC and MyNetworkTV. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting and collaborates with Nexstar Media Group, which owns the Fox affiliate WQRF-TV (channel 39), through joint sales and shared services agreements. WTVO and WQRF-TV operate from the same studios located on North Meridian Road in Rockford, which is also where WTVO's transmitter is situated.

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RFK Jr testifies before House and Senate about HHS cuts

18 hours ago | mystateline.com | Vinay Simlot

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – For the first time since becoming the Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Junior took questions from members of Congress. His testimony comes as the U.S. passed 1,000 measles cases across 11 states. In his first three months on the job Secretary Robert F. Kennedy junior has eliminated 1/4 of the health agency’s workforce and cut $11 billion in federal funds for states. Senators say those cuts affected vaccine programs in states.
Democratic leaders poised to oppose Trump impeachment: ‘A distraction’

22 hours ago | mystateline.com | Mike Lillis

House Democratic leaders will oppose an effort by a fellow Democrat to impeach President Trump when the resolution hits the floor Wednesday afternoon. Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), the chair of the Democratic Caucus, said the impeachment push by Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is not only futile, but it poses “a distraction” from the Democrats’ efforts to sink Trump’s domestic agenda, which is moving through the House this month.
Hawley grills insurance executives about cutting disaster payouts

1 day ago | mystateline.com | Alexander Bolton

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the chair of the Senate Homeland Security subcommittee that oversees disaster management, vented his frustration Tuesday at a hearing where he grilled the executives of two major insurance companies about cutting hurricane- and other disaster-related payments.
Microsoft to lay off about 3% of its workforce

1 day ago | mystateline.com | Matt O'Brien

Microsoft began laying off about 6,000 workers Tuesday, nearly 3% of its entire workforce and its largest job cuts in more than two years as the company spends heavily on artificial intelligence. Hardest hit was the tech giant’s home state of Washington, where Microsoft informed state officials it was cutting 1,985 workers tied to its Redmond headquarters. Microsoft said the layoffs will be across all levels, teams and geographies but the cuts will focus on reducing the number of managers.
How will ESPN+ users be impacted by ESPN's new streaming service?

1 day ago | mystateline.com | Brayden Stamps |Addy Bink

BRISTOL, Conn. (WGHP) — ESPN has, for several years, offered its streaming service ESPN+. That is set to change later this year as the sports outlet gears up to launch its long-anticipated direct-to-customer streaming service. The new streaming service, which will be called “ESPN,” will let customers cut the cord and access ESPN programming directly.
Humidity on the rise as shower/storm chances increase

2 days ago | mystateline.com | Candice King

Temperatures have been heating up over the last few days, but the heat hasn’t come with much humidity. That’ll soon be changing as more moisture is pulled north with an area of low pressure currently to our south. This low has brought an expansive area of showers and thunderstorms stretching the Mississippi Valley to out to the East Coast. Over the next 12 to 24 hours that low will moving closer to the Stateline, increasing our chance for a few isolated showers and storms.
Rising humidity to produce scattered rain & storm chances this week

3 days ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

While it has been warmer than average throughout the weekend, we have thankfully avoided the humidity that typically comes along with this warmth. Unfortunately, the rest of this week does not fare so well. We will see afternoon highs in the upper 70s to low 80s for the next several days, but the humidity will be on the rise with dew points reaching the 60-degree mark by Tuesday afternoon.
‘A son of Chicago:’ High School where Pope Leo once taught celebrates history

4 days ago | mystateline.com | Anna Roberts |Mike Lowe

CHICAGO (WGN) — Pope Leo XIV is an Augustinian priest. He is also a Chicago-area native and has many connections to St. Rita, an Augustinian High School on the city’s South Side. There was a sense of excitement on Thursday that a son of the South Side is now the leader of the worldwide Catholic faith. And not only that, but Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Father Thomas McCarthy has known Prevost for nearly four decades.
Sunday morning weather update: Plenty of warmth and sunshine

4 days ago | mystateline.com | Candice King

Good morning and Happy Mother’s Day! Following the warmth we had Saturday, Sunday is shaping up to be another beautiful afternoon. Temperatures were a little cool early Sunday morning, falling into the upper 30s and low 40s under mostly clear skies. But with the dry conditions in place this afternoon, temperatures will warm quickly reaching the upper 70s.
Rock Co. man charged with 4th OWI after crashing car into a ditch

4 days ago | mystateline.com | Ryan Johnston

ROCK COUNTY, Wis. (WTVO) — Rock County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested John Meier, 35, after he crashed his car into a ditch. On May 9, around 4:46 p.m., officers were called to an intersection in Avon for reports of a driver who was slumped over in a crashed vehicle. Deputies determined Meier showed signs of impairment after he was taken out of the vehicle. The suspect has already been convicted of operating while intoxicated three other times.