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Those under the age of 18, along with their parents and/or adult guardians, have had a couple of weeks to prepare, but in case it slipped your mind, CherryVale Mall's new rules regarding teens and adult supervision starts today.

Over the last couple of years, we've seen many malls around the country changing their "Youth Policies," or to put it a different way, how welcoming they'll be to teens during certain hours.  CherryVale Mall is the latest to make a change.

Over the last number of years, there has been a great weeping and gnashing of teeth over retailers that have decided to open their doors on Thanksgiving. To be fair, there are lots of folks who like the idea of getting a head start on their "Black Friday" shopping, but the voices shouting about greed, and others, lamenting the fact that employees have to leave their families on a holiday

Every single time I talk myself out of buying a drone (and there have been multiple times), I turn around and see some really cool drone camera footage shot by someone who didn't talk themselves out of buying one. Earlier this week, our own Joe Dredge posted some beautiful footage of the Rock River and Rockford's downtown area that was shot around sunset. And, like they say during late-night TV co

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Winnebago County authorities say a 62-year-old DeKalb woman has died in a car crash with a semitrailer. The Rockford Register Star reports the Winnebago County Coroner's Office says Debra Hopkins was pronounced dead Monday...