Events

The United Center in Chicago is about to get a lot busier with the winter tenants beginning their seasons.

Walkers, runners, and cyclists in Rockford now have another option when they're out exercising along Perryville Road.

Try a little experiment at work or home. Mention to people around you that it's about a month until it's time to change the clocks again. See how many people respond with something to the effect of "Again? I ****ing hate having to do that!"

The nation is facing a continued blood donation shortage that’s impacting the medical care of millions of Americans. Make no mistake, the problems the rest of the country is facing during this blood shortage are problems that the Rockford area has, too.

Culver's joked about a cheese-curd centered offering on April 1st of this year (April Fool's Day), but apparently enough people reached out to them saying they'd try it that Culver's is actually going to add it to their menu. For one day.

The Bears made some major news late Tuesday night when it was announced that they had signed a purchase agreement to buy the Arlington Racetrack property in Arlington Heights.

As Joe Dredge pointed out in his post yesterday, the last remaining Sears store in Illinois is closing. Their Schaumberg store, Illinois' last open Sears, is done in November.

Sears used to be the king of Chicago and Illinois, now it looks like the historic department store might be on its last legs.

The legalization of marijuana in Illinois has not only created a windfall of cash for the state through taxes but it has also allowed some businesses in the "marijuana adjacent" field to thrive since its legalization.

It's only the middle of September but some local drive-ins are getting into the Halloween spirit a little early.