Events

Rockford is an excellent bowling town and it looks like the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) 100% agrees with that sentiment.

Okay, so it's hot. Really hot. Don't-screw-around-with-the-heat-or-you-could-have-a-big-problem hot. So hot that cities that care about their community's well-being are doing something about it.

Years ago, a friend from out of town visiting Rockford during Alpine Kiwanis Brat Days asked me this question: "So, Rockford's idea of a good time is hanging around a parking lot and eating bratwursts during the heat of the summer? Really?"

The Chicago Bears and the Rockford Park District are teaming up to expand the Bears' girls high school flag football program to the Rockford area.

You might not know what a tabla is, but you have definitely heard it before.

If you enjoy looking at the sky for a celestial show, you should know that Illinois is getting a chance to see not one, but two lunar eclipses this year. The first one happens this Sunday night, and best of all, at a fairly reasonable hour.

Cinco De Mayo falls on a Thursday this year but the fun spills into the weekend with the Cinco De Rockford celebration outside of Don Carter Lanes this Saturday afternoon.

A small shopping plaza on Harlem Road in Machesney Park is apparently about to be the home of some delicious cheesecake.

There are plenty of things about Illinois worthy of criticism or being made fun of, but there are a tremendous amount of things in our state deserving of applause, too.

With the Lyrid meteor shower wrapping up this week, you early risers probably think that you've got nothing unusual to look at in the early morning skies over Northern Illinois.