On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, organizations in the Rockford area honored the life, work, and legacy of the late civil rights leader. More for You Startling Fed news sends stock market reeling ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - For the third time in United States history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day overlapped with the Presidential inauguration. On August 28th, 1963, Dr. King addressed the nation ...

ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — On this Martin Luther King Jr. day, students at Meadow Ridge Elementary in Rockford received a day of meaningful instruction instead of a day off.

ROCKFORD, Ill - The Rockford Minister's Fellowship honored Martin Luther King Jr. through a community celebration with participants, sharing that Dr. Kings dream and vision of unity are still present ...

ROCKFORD — There was no school Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but that doesn't mean there was no learning. The African-American Resource Center at Booker and Rockford Rescue ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is observed on the third Monday of January each year, this year falls on Jan. 16. The holiday, which often sees community gatherings, parades and celebrations ...

On Sept. 17, 1973, Illinois became the first state to make Martin Luther King Day a legal holiday. Gov. Dan Walker signed two bills into law that day. That’s not unusual. Multiple signings me… ...

When you lived in Galena, Illinois, you happen to reside in the first state to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as an official holiday. It was 1973 when Illinois adopted it as a state holiday.

On Nov. 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of January, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the center. The holiday was to begin in 1986.