Jeff Kolkey

SupplyCore CEO Peter Provenzano had envisioned a 47-room boutique hotel. Now the former Millennium Center in downtown Rockford is for sale.

Rockford Register Star Rockford City Council will allow a bar inside Big Timber Axe Throwing set to open on the ground floor of 301 S. Main St.

Rockford Register Star City Council has approved a $650,000 forgivable loan to spur the $18.6 million redevelopment of the historic Lafayette Hotel , 411 Mulberry St. in downtown Rockford.

Rockford's mayor could get a raise for the first time in eight years and the City Council could get a raise for the first time in 21 years.

Rockford Casino: A Hard Rock Opening Act set a revenue record in March as officials prepare to open the permanent location in late August.

Rockford committee members debated a raise for the mayor and City Council for nearly 30 minutes on Monday night.

The weeklong Healthcare Protection Act tour began with visits to hospitals in Belleville and Peoria on Monday and Rockford on Tuesday.

Rockford is poised to financially back a trio of downtown redevelopment projects set to bring long-vacant buildings back to life.

A market analysis commissioned by the city of Rockford predicts the city will need thousands of new housing units to keep pace with demand over the next decade.

Rockford Register Star Rockford Ald. Bill Rose, D-9, is rescinding his request for the city's Democratic caucus to back a letter supporting