Events

I'm sure that you phone's calendar has already chirped out a notification to let you know that next week is Mailbox Improvement Week. In case your phone forgot, I'm here to remind you.

In our state's first foray into trying to drive tourism to Illinois since the beginning of the pandemic, the "Time For Me To Drive" campaign gets rolling this week.

Thinking back, I'm pretty sure I would have been a much better student if I had known that there was a dozen free donuts (or do you prefer "doughnuts?") waiting for me at the end of the academic trail.

It's been almost two years now since Illinoisans and the rest of the country looked at Memorial Day Weekend as an opportunity to take a long weekend trip, but with COVID-19 numbers going the right way for the most part, plans to hit the road are being made.

I'm not really quick to agree with Governor Pritzker on much of anything, but it would seem that he was correct on Wednesday when he declared that "the days of vaccine scarcity are over" here in Illinois.

It's perfectly understandable that you may have forgotten about Illinois' REAL ID while dealing with a more than a year of pandemic-related issues. I'm just here to remind you that Federal enforcement of REAL ID begins for commercial domestic air travel in just six months.

It's been going on since last Friday, April 16th, but our best chance at getting a decent look at the Lyrid Meteor Showers in the Rockford area should be this Thursday in the early morning hours.

A pancake breakfast and free airplane rides for kids sounds too good to be true but that's what's happening at the Poplar Grove airport once a month starting this May.

If you've been patiently (or otherwise) waiting for your turn to get the COVID-19 vaccinations taken care of, your chance to roll up a sleeve is here.

As hard as we tried this morning, we just couldn't find many (if any) negatives to yesterday's announcement that the Chicago Blackhawks are going to purchase the Rockford IceHogs for $11.8 million from the City of Rockford.