cameras

Currently, Rockford has 22 surveillance cameras set up at intersections around the city. Monday night, the Rockford City Council decided to add four more to the mix.

The law, signed last week, requires state agencies to come up with a plan to increase the number of cameras along expressways in Cook County.

If you've every toyed with the idea of a security camera set-up on your front porch, this video should push you over into the "buy" column pretty quickly.

(To be read in a grumpy old man voice): Back in the day, when we took a "picture", we never really knew what we were gonna get. After you turned the little wheel on the camera to advance the "film" 15-30 times, you opened the back, took out the "little roll," and dropped it off at the "drugstore" to be "developed...

German tourist Martin Lozano was visiting the Cies Islands, off the northwest coast of Spain, when he placed his camera on a ledge to capture the antics of a seagull that was preening itself nearby. As you might expect, the seagull didn't appreciate the audience, so it grabbed the camera and took off...

Will Stevenson -- Illinois Radio Network The state project allowing still and television cameras to cover certain criminal cases in some Illinois courtrooms could soon come to the state's capital. The 7th Judicial Circuit is the latest to apply for the Illinois Supreme Court's extended media coverage pilot program -- formed to see if it should be required statewide...

This poor Weimaraner is sad. Sure, she's got a nice, soft bed to lay on in the sun. And, yeah, there's the abundance of toys (for chewing and for chasing). Sure, there's the people she lives with to pet and play with her...but something's missing...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois lawmakers will again consider a measure to allow nursing home patients to let their families place a camera in their rooms. The idea is to prevent, or at least document, neglect or abuse, says Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...