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With the images of gun violence, panic, injury, and death at the forefront of everyone's mind yesterday, the Rockford City Council has approved the purchase of the ShotSpotter Flex, a gunfire detection and location analyzer system.

Sometimes, when you're scrolling through social media, you'll come across the letters TIL. Those letters, if you weren't aware, stand for "Today I Learned." Well, thanks to a really interesting tweet by the Rockford Fire Department, today I learned (or, TIL) that Rockford experienced one hell of a tornado on September 14, 1928.

To answer the many emails I've received in the past few days: Don't worry! Candice King isn't going anywhere. Except to later in the day. It was officially announced today that Eyewitness News' Chief Meteorologist Candice King will move to an evening weather shift after more than five years working mornings and also delivering the forecasts for Riley & Scot on WROK. ...

If it’s Monday it means I need to shave and I have to wear pants. Why? Because it’s TV Day, when I get to join our friends at Eyewitness News! Still no Matt Rodewald, who out taking the Great American Road Trip. I asked Evelyn and Candice toward the end of our chat if they had any pranks ready for his return...