celebration

On 815 Day, we celebrate all things Rockford. So, there's got to be a lot going on, right? Let's take a look.

Illinois celebrates 200 years with a huge Bicentennial Birthday Party at the United Center on December 3rd.

Illinois officially celebrates our bicentennial on December 3rd, but the birthday cake celebrations take place on August 26th in 7 Illinois cities including Rockford.

It's just not the holidays until a 43 foot goat finds itself under attack by arsonists.

I know, we don't look a day over 156.

You may have heard that there was a wee bit of celebration going on in Chicago (and countless other Illinois cities and towns, including Rockford) Wednesday night. The Cubs had just won the World Series. Thousands and thousands of people hit the streets to rejoice in the victory, and the Chicago PD had their hands full.

ABC's Wide World of Sports promised to show us the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Well, defeat doesn't get much more agonizing than this. American Molly Huddle was cruising toward a bronze medal this week in the 10,000 at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing...

We're all familiar with the term "shoplifter." It's someone who steals from a retail establishment. A "loss-prevention officer" is a term used to describe those employed by a store to stop the aforementioned shoplifter. What you're about to see is a department store in the Netherlands...

There's not much to this video, I'll give you that. But it has recorded 27 million loops on Vine so it must be resonating with people. I give you...a slam dunk celebration cut short: No details are available as to the origin of this video...

This Saturday, make your plans to visit Anderson Japanese Gardens for their opening day celebration! Anderson Japanese Gardens' Opening Day Celebration coincides with Children's Day in Japan, an occasion to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness...