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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has unveiled its highly anticipated 2025 lineup.

The owner posted on social media that the business is now temporarily closed after receiving several death threats. She also made all of her social media accounts private. 

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Elijah Holt home, a house that has been standing since 1840, has been saved from demolition. The Winnebago County Forest Preserve Board voted against tearing the historic landmark down on Wednesday. An early settler built the home using 400-million-year-old limestone on land that is now considered the Severson Dells Forest [...]

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Carly Rice of Miss Carly's responded to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) decision to void her building's Special Use Permit (SUP) from Tuesday night. Rice's nonprofit of five years aims to help homeless people in the Rockford area. The organization originally started from the comfort of her own home. "We [...]

Kohberger's defense team sought to remove the death penalty as a possible punishment.

Keep up with all the biggest winners and moments from Country Music’s Biggest Night™ at the 58th Annual CMA Awards live from Nashville, TN!

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford residents learned the city will be replacing lead pipes around the city on Wednesday. Region One and the Metropolitan Planning Council discussed cost-effective solutions for the problems lead pipes cause for the public. The main issue is the lead in the pipes could harmfully affect drinking water. There are about [...]

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford Police arrested Ricardo Jimenez, 30, for allegedly not reporting a crash causing life-threatening injuries to a bicyclist. On November 19, around 5:20 p.m., police responded to a traffic crash involving a car and a bicyclist near North Central and Montrose. The 69-year-old bicyclist was found on the scene and was [...]

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) - UW Health Med Flight doctors and trauma surgeons have a new tool to treat patients in the crucial moments after a traumatic injury. The hospital network has been using Type O whole blood since October. Medical experts say the use of whole blood is saving more lives. “These are these people [...]

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The YMCA's Retired Men's Club unloaded trees in preparation for its yearly fundraiser. Trees were dropped off in an open lot at the intersection of North Alpine and Highcrest Roads. Funds for the sale of trees and wreaths will go toward services at the YMCA and to help purchase supplies and [...]