This heat dome continues to bring hot temps through the weekend, but wildfire smoke and spotty storms are also sneaking in.

BYRON (WREX) — Byron native Braden Smith was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 15th round of the Major League Baseball draft over the weekend. Smith's baseball journey began when he was young.

Today, highs will again reach the mid-90s. We may see dew points tick up slightly, leading to heat indices approaching or ...

Expect continued unseasonably hot and humid conditions to dominate the forecast through much of this week.

The heat peaks on Tuesday and Wednesday, but 90s hang around for some time.

Northern Illinois University pitcher Max Vaisvila signed a free agent contract with the New York Yankees. Vaisvila becomes ...

A Heat Advisory has been issued for counties in southern Wisconsin from noon Tuesday through 8 p.m. Wednesday. Although northern Illinois isn't in the alert, the same advice applies in making sure to ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — Two Rockford men have been arrested after police found two loaded handguns during a traffic stop. Officers with the Rockford Police SCOPE unit pulled over a car near E. State ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — Rockford police arrested a 20-year-old man after he ran from officers during a traffic stop and was found with a loaded handgun. Officers tried to pull over Travaughn Foster on ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — A Rockford man faces drug charges after police say they found crack cocaine during a traffic stop. Rockford Police officers stopped Dwayne Williams, 39, while he was riding a ...

Freeport native Mason Lei was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the Major League Baseball draft Sunday. The hard-throwing right-hander spent the past season at UIC, where he led the ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — A 90-year-old woman died in a house fire Sunday evening in Rockford. The Cherry Valley Fire Protection District got a call about the fire in the 2800 block of Huntington Pkwy.