The Rock River Times is an independently owned alternative weekly newspaper based in Rockford, Illinois with a circulation of about 2,500.

The paper continued under publisher Josh Johnson, a former legals editor under Schier, who purchased the publication from his estate.

Seven years later the paper's staff had been reduced over time to Johnson, a part-time salesperson and a number of freelance writers.

At paper's peak, The Rock River Times consisted of as many as 56 pages and had a full staff of local reporters and editors.

Today, there are no local reporters; the paper now serves as a legal-noice publication with wire-generated news content.