Events

Over the next 4 days or so, the planet Jupiter will be at its closest point to Earth since 1963, and it looks like viewing conditions over Northern Illinois will be really first-rate for anyone who wants to take some time and get a good look.

According to The International Time Capsule Society (ITCS), there are around 10,000 time capsules buried or hidden around the world--but there is a problem. The problem, says the ITCS, is that no one seemingly remembers where about 9,000 of them actually are today.

This coming Saturday, September 3rd, more than 3,000 theaters across the US, including chains like Rockford and Machesney Park's AMC, are going to offer discounted $3 tickets in celebration of a new "National Cinema Day."

Who knew Sasquatch and Illinois had such a strong bond?

It's been a pretty interesting month of August when it comes things like meteor showers and super moons--but the best may be yet to come, and it may happen as early as tonight in the skies over Northern Illinois.

Parents looking to save some money on restocking their kids' school supplies are getting a break in the form of a limited time "sales tax holiday" that begins today, Friday, August 5th--but it's a very short break that you'll want to take advantage of before it completely disappears.

If you're anything like me, and I know I am, your first thought was probably that the winning couple will have to wrap and carry out all of their own presents themselves after they shove a quarter into their wedding cart.

We saw the fifth highest jackpot in Illinois history last week. No winner means that we will get the third highest jackpot in Illinois history this week.

As of this writing, tonight's Mega Millions lottery jackpot stands at $660 million, which makes the 10pm drawing now the 3rd biggest jackpot ever. Only two billion-dollar jackpots have ever been higher; $1.537 billion won in South Carolina on October 23rd, 2018, and $1.050 billion won in Michigan on January 22nd, 2021.

When you've lived in a state for your entire life, it's sometimes jarring to find out something about its history that you had absolutely no idea about.