Rockford Fire Department

As the fire was spreading across the 1st floor of this home, a passerby saw someone in the window trapped upstairs. His quick reactions saved a life.

Here's your chance to be "the most important person they'll never see" as a 911 Telecommunicator in Rockford.

We're not even into July yet, but OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center's Burn Unit has been dealing with almost a dozen burn injuries this month.

Compared to the 1st nine months of 2018, violent crimes, property crimes, robberies, aggravated assaults, shots fired and auto thefts are all down.

It could get pretty bloody...and that's exactly what everyone's hoping for.

We're all familiar with the image of a firefighter getting a stuck cat out of a tall tree, but Rockford firefighters had a different scenario to deal with Monday.

What's the best way to show that Rockford, much maligned for a very high crime rate, is turning things around? Show off some newly released year-to-year crime statistics.

Epi The Arson Dog is on duty to help out the Rockford Fire Department.

The family's dog, realizing something was very wrong, got the household's attention in time to avert a tragedy.

As of Thursday morning, there have been 4 structure fires in 2 weeks in downtown Rockford leaving many residents wondering, what gives?