My Stateline

Sometimes you just have to kill a fly on LIVE TV. It happens, what can I say.

I know that I'm not alone in thinking that the Rockford area has looked absolutely stunning over the last couple of days.

If you found yourself with a little bit of cabin fever around the holidays and decided to head out and look at the light show known as the Festival of Lights going on at Sinnissippi Park, you probably noticed that you were not alone.

Who could have predicted that movie theaters around the country would be sitting empty while drive-in movies are enjoying a Renaissance?

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.

With Governor Pritzker's Phase-4 reopening plan in effect, bowling alleys are allowed to have no more than 50 people inside, a rule that has enraged many owners.

Facebook estimates that the facility will support an estimated 100 jobs to operate the facility as well has hundreds of construction jobs.

So you can't exactly belly up to the blackjack table at your favorite Illinois casino yet, but you will be able to resume video gambling a week from Friday.

Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle says that Pritzker's stay-at-home order exceeds the authority of the governor's office.

Of the almost 4000 inmates released, 146 of them are sex offenders with 3 of those being convicted in Ogle and Winnebago Counties.