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When you look at headlines like "Rockford’s violent crime, shootings, assaults continue to climb," it really shouldn't come as a surprise that Rockford's position on the Illinois' Safest Cities list is pretty far down.

Over the years, Rockford has been on the receiving end of all sorts of slings and arrows from different publications, and I don't know that it will ever stop. I'm sure they get their numbers correct, but sometimes it feels like we're being piled on.

Pick a county, any county. In the State of Illinois, you've got 102 of them to choose from, but according to a new study, 25 of them are better than the other 77. Our own Winnebago County finds itself in the top 25.

It can't be because we recently learned that none other than Lady Gaga is the proud owner of 3 French Bulldog puppies, right?

Wow. 2021 is just full of surprises, huh? Who would have ever dreamed that Chicago would find itself atop the rankings in a measurement of city-level corruption? Or that the ranking would contain the word "again?"

Illinoisans have known for years that Chicago has an over-supply of vermin and pests, although the majority of us probably thought most of them were elected officials.

Illinois seems to lead the nation in categories that you really don't want to lead the pack in. However, when it comes to being hated by other states, we're not even in the top ten.

It may come as a surprise to some, but not even pizza is pandemic proof. Since COVID-19 took hold in mid-March, nationwide visits to some of our favorite pizza chains are down 20%.

A new report from CBS News examined last year’s murder rates across the country in 65 major cities with populations of over 100,000 people.

Quote Wizard compiled information from all 50 states, measuring the quality of road infrastructure, distracted driving fatality rates and insurance rates among other things.