RKFDnews.com Archive — Real, Original, Excellent Stories For Mediocre People

Back to homepage

SUPER EXCITED FOR SLIDE INTO THE CITY

A young man plunged 6 stories Tuesday from a West Side high-rise, crashed through the windshield of a Lamborghini Sports car. – and lived to tell about it. “My leg! My leg!” Timothy Franklin, 22, screamed after an apparent suicide

Read More

Rockford Art Seen, Beer Drank

Rockford, IL  – Staff photographer Max Bordell caught a few highlights from Friday night’s bi-annual, city-wide event, Rockford Art Seen, Beer Drank Festival.  Looks like lots of art was bought to help artists pay their bills. Art Seen, Beer Drank Festival continued

Read More

Local News Outlets Are Finally Talking About Cheap Trick

Rockford, IL – City wide news agencies and the Rockford tourism bureau have finally decided to support hometown rock band, Cheap Trick. The news is being celebrated by all local TV, radio and newspaper outlets on the Forest City’s internet.  We have collected

Read More

Ryley Walker, “Primrose Green”

Forest City Born-and-Raised Native Releases Critically Acclaimed Sophomore Record  (Local Media and Community Still Confused as to Why Cheap Trick Isn’t In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well, Let Me Tell Ya Why:  Life Goes On (Sort of) and

Read More

Chief Tchad Beale has a little pizza slice now.

ROCKFORD- Congratulations to Chief Tchad Beale and his lovely wife Ktwanza on the birth of their first child.

Read More

Man from Rockford reinvents the wheel..

ROCKFORD- A local man has been commissioned by Chinese officials to reinvent the popular Made in China sticker. Bob Wilson has had ton of interest in graphic arts after buying a Macbook Pro last year. I just found out about

Read More