Winnebago County News Briefs
June 20, 2018ROCKFORD Summer meal program runs June 13-July 11 Rockford Public Schools will provide free weekday meals for kids 18 and younger June 13-July 11. Children don’t have to be…
ROCKFORD Summer meal program runs June 13-July 11 Rockford Public Schools will provide free weekday meals for kids 18 and younger June 13-July 11. Children don’t have to be…
THROUGH JUNE 30 Hair, presented By Usual Suspects, Nordlof Center, 118 N. Main St., Rockford, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., $18, $15 students. THROUGH AUG. 2 Tuesday Evening in the Gardens,…
ROCKFORD VanVleet joins up for fan fest on June 22 The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB) has partnered with sports tourism brand ambassador and NBA star point…
Chronicle Media, LLC brought home four first-place awards in the Illinois Press Association Contest for work in 2017. The awards were announced at the annual convention in Bloomington-Normal…
ROCKFORD Last Kmart to close, CherryVale Sears spared A Kmart store on East State St. will shut down but the Sears store at CherryVale Mall was spared the axe last week as Sears Holdings…
THROUGH JUNE 13 Ingrid Dohm Art Show – New Works, Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, 1354 N. 2nd St., Rockford, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday….
ROCKFORD Rockford Peaches saluted during weeklong events The International Women’s Baseball Center (IWBC), in partnership with the Friends of Beyer Stadium, presents a series…
THROUGH JUNE 3 Enchanted April, presented By Pec Playhouse Theatre, Pec Playhouse Theatre, 314 Main St.,Pecatonica, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Running through May…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….