expansion

The demand for the most popular restaurant in Illinois has gotten so big that Portillo's will be making a huge expansion throughout the whole United States.

Well, that certainly didn't take long. We told you back in July that Beef-a-Roo was looking to add yet another Rockford location at the Highcrest Center, and now that goal has gotten a thumbs-up from the Rockford City Council.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois health system plans to build a new 188-bed hospital in Rockford and is in the process of submitting paperwork on its proposal to a review board. Rockford-based MercyRockford Health System announced this week it wants to build a $400 million facility near an Interstate 90 exit...

Officials with MercyRockford Health System have unveiled plans for a massive expansion project in Rockford. The provider, formed by the merger of Mercy Health System and Rockford Health System in January of 2015, will set out to construct a second campus on 263 acres at the intersection of East Riverside Boulevard and Interstate 90...

Rockford City Market is now accepting applications for its sixth season, which will begin Friday, May 22. Vendors wishing to be a part of the market can find an application online at rockfordcitymarket.com. Applications for the first half of the season will be accepted until April 3...

In the wake of the huge announcement on Monday of a planned $40 million, 200,000 square feet jet-repair and maintenance center at the Rockford Airport, we had Airport Executive Director Mike Dunn in the studio this morning to discuss the details...

Jim Anderson - Illinois Radio Network Anti-gambling forces want local referenda in any of the places being eyed for a new casino. It’s what communities deserve, says the Rev. John Alan Boryk, a retired United Methodist pastor from Des Plaines and part of the Stop Predatory Gambling campaign...