Public speaking is the cause for a lot of anxiety in people but the speech and leadership development course at Rock Valley College eases those anxieties and creates students who are great speakers and have strong communication skills. Lucy Schwartz is a student intern at RVC and she too had concerns and worries about the course when she took it for her degree but fell in love and chose to become a student intern for the professor of speech and leadership development Amanda Kieper. Taking communications at RVC is so flexible with options to take it in person, online, or a hybrid of the two. To learn more about the program, check out rockvalleycollege.edu.

A local blood bank recognized a pair of schools who came out on top in an annual competition.

Emotions were high at Riverside Community Church Wednesday evening as residents remembered their loved ones.

Rockford city crews have begun repairs on a recently damaged memorial.

More murals are one their way to the Rockford area.

The 33rd "TIP Court Graduation Ceremony" took place on Wednesday.

Housing inventory in the Rockford area has hit a new low, with the number of available homes for sale falling below 200 properties.

The State of Illinois honored 136 police officers with the Medal of Honor on Wednesday.

East High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday as Rockford Police chased a car burglary suspect to a nearby business.

Gang violence is to blame for a Tuesday night drive-by shooting in Freeport that narrowly missed its targets.

Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara laid out the city's accomplishments and challenges during his annual "State of the City" address Tuesday evening, but address did not go off without some drama

While no deaths have been reported from Sunday’s building collapse in downtown Davenport, one of the casualties is the 22-month-old Mockingbird on Main theater.

Winnebago County Board Member Jaime Salgado (D-District 12) has been charged with driving under the influence after being stopped by police over the Memorial Day weekend.