closings

On Sunday, the Sears store at Woodfield in Schaumberg closed their doors to customers for the very last time.

The pandemic and a personal tragedy have forced the owner of Board & Brush in Roscoe to permanently close at the end of October.

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.

No matter how you look at it, 35 percent is a huge number of small businesses that have either temporarily or permanently closed their doors because of COVID-19.

For the company that started out as a watch company back in the 1880s, the clock has been ticking for quite a while on how long they'll be in business.

Alchemy and Legacy, the two restaurants inside Giovanni’s Convention Center will be closed temporarily beginning today.

What happens when you mix big budget shortfalls and a pandemic? You get an organization that has to make some tough calls to stay afloat.

J.C. Penney will begin closing 154 of its stores next week in what it is calling the first phase of its efforts to shrink its footprint.

The parent company of Rockford's ShowPlace 16 and Machesney Park's ShowPlace 14, is the largest movie theater chain in the world.

Many Rockfordians are sharing the news that Roma Bakery in Rockford is closing its doors for good on December 31st.