Firefighters douse the last flames of a three-alarm fire at St. James Church in Rockford, Ill., Aug. 8, 2022. The historic Catholic church was built in 1865. The parish was founded in 1853.

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A historic, about 150-year-old church building in Rockford, Illinois was devastated by a fire Wednesday evening and deemed a total loss. According to a report from WREX, the ...

Rockford's Bridgeway Community Church eyes former paper mill for its new home. Published: ; Mar. 19, 2011, 8:15 a.m.