bad weather

If you and your car, truck, van, or SUV are having trouble getting around Rockford today, try navigating residential streets with a garbage truck--better yet, don't.

Brace yourself, the weather could get a little crazy late Sunday afternoon into the evening hours.

As the scheduled end of this legislative session in Springfield approaches, the budget situation is sucking up much of the attention. But other pieces of legislation are making their way through the House and Senate. One bill heading for the Governor's desk would make it a crime to leave the family pet outside in extremely hot or cold weather...