From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star Podcast

Rockford police fatally shot 44-year-old Kerry Blake Jr. on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, after a standoff on Green Street. On Monday, Tramell Blake, his aunt, spoke with reporter Georgette Braun after a police news conference. 

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Shirley Burkovich, one of 79 surviving members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, said the late director Penny Marshall deserves credit for bringing women's baseball into the spotlight. Burkovich had a speaking role in Marshall's 1992 hit "A League of Their Own."

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Rockford Fire Department responded to a fire in the vacant former nursing home on North Main Street at about 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The fire damaged the first floor and extended to the second floor. Crews battled the blaze inside the building for about an hour and twenty minutes before stopping due to safety concerns regarding the structural integrity of the building, according to District Chief Luis Duran. For more on this breaking news story go to www.rrstar.com.

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Have you noticed blue spruce trees in the Rockford area suffering from brown, bare branches? It's noticeable in many Colorado spruce in northern Illinois, including the city of Rockford's official Christmas tree. Martha Smith, a certified arborist, explains how Rhizosphaera needle cast is affecting area spruce. 

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Post game with E-PC head coach Jared McNutt

Auburn Street Crime and Safety

Post game with Lena-Winslow’s Isaiah Bruce

Post game with Lena-Winslow’s coach Ric Arand

Ski Broncs Water Ski Show Team