polar vortex

Over the weekend, the building we work in and broadcast from suffered some damage from a collapsed ceiling. No one was in the room where the damage took place, so we're beyond happy to report no injuries.

Whenever one of our Rockford winters takes a turn for the super-cold, I get a call from a good friend who lives in Atlanta. He skips right over traditional greetings of any sort and gets right to what he calls one simple question.

I think it's fair to assume that most of us are really tired of this incredibly frigid weather we've been enduring for nearly two weeks (with about 10 more days to go).

We're at about the half-way point of this polar vortex's visit to the Rockford area (and most of the country, too), and the complaining you've probably been hearing (or doing) is getting louder and angrier by the day.

We've got another round of really cold temperatures heading our way here in the Rockford area next week. Take a look at what the recent polar vortex is doing off to our east right now.

Just like back in the days of witches in Salem, frightened townsfolk in McLean were looking for a scapegoat--and they found one.

In a month full of strange and record-breaking weather events, you can add "smoking Chicago River" to the list of oddities we're experiencing.

Severe and punishing weather changes are ahead for Illinois, that may last up to six to eight weeks, thanks to a fracture in the Polar Vortex

We knew it was below freezing, but we didn't expect explosions in cars.

Don't let the headline fool you into thinking that you have a choice. Some serious cold is about to hit most of the country, and Rockford is certainly in Mother Nature's crosshairs.