2015

Our friends Candice King, Kristen Cwynar, and Tyler Sebree over at the Eyewitness News First Warn Weather Center make it look easy, but after taking a look at some of 2015's best (or strangest) weather forecasting bloopers, I'm inclined to think that it's a whole lot harder for some of the other weather prognosticators populating TV screens around the world...

Yep, I Googled this, you probably did, too.

The question always pops up around major holidays, and its especially relevant considering the wrapping paper and boxes that soon are headed for the trash: Is the garbage collection schedule changing for the next two weeks?

On the Riley and Scot Show, we do a lot of searching. No, not for things to talk about (although, occasionally...), not for scraps of paper or well-used headphones. We are constantly searching for information on the latest items in the news cycle, as well as some of the more offbeat, arcane, or goofy things we find ourselves interested in...

The weather outside is far from frightful. Temperatures are above normal for this time of the year. And since the massive storm to start the winter season, we basically haven't seen any snowflakes in the region. But will we see a white Christmas...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network More cars mean more accidents, and that means more fatalities. The National Safety Council says the first half of the year has recorded a fourteen percent increase compared to last year. More favorable weather and a better economy for driving are the reasons...

Boone County officials are reporting the first positive test in a bird in 2015 for West Nile Virus. Last year, four people in Illinois died from West Nile virus. Winnebago County reported its first case of West Nile just last week. WNV is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird...

Winnebago County officials are reporting the first positive test in a bird in 2015 for West Nile Virus. The bird was located in Rockton. Officials say the finding is much earlier from last year, when the first positive test occurred in September ...

It's always a bright day around the office when the list of new food items at the Iowa State Fair rolls in! Last year, a dozen new items were introduced including Funnel Cake Sticks, Smoked Brisket and Bacon Mac N Cheese, Caprese Salad On-a-stick, Brownie Blitz, and the Three Buck Bowl...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network The stopgap plan to drag Illinois across the finish line of the current fiscal year quickly passed the House. Negotiations on the bill wrapped up in time for it to be filed Monday night and for a committee hearing to be scheduled Tuesday morning...