Winnebago County Chronicle Archives - Page 29 of 98

Gov. Rauner’s actions in Veterans Home just a stunt

— January 17, 2018

I want to be fair. So I tried to do some unbiased reasoning about Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to temporarily move into the Quincy Veterans Home. At least a dozen residents have died…

Yes, take Oprah seriously
— January 17, 2018

If Hillary Clinton could deliver a political speech half as effectively as Oprah Winfrey, she might be president today. The actress, media mogul and erstwhile queen of daytime TV gave…
16th District race draws competition, but Kinzinger still looks like favorite
— January 10, 2018

Adam Kinzinger had no opposition when he ran for reelection to Congress two years ago and pulled in 70 percent of the vote in 2014, the last time he had a foe. There’s plenty of competition…
Winnebago County News Briefs
— January 10, 2018

REGION Weather Service says Jan. 1 temp set record The week from Christmas to New Year’s Eve was the second coldest Dec 25-31 on record for Chicago and the coldest for Rockford,…
Let’s offer aid to all non-stupid injured, ill
— January 10, 2018

It’s an upside-down world we live in. Danger. That word used to mean stay away. Nowadays, I think it means come closer. The news is full of people who climb where they are not supposed…

Winnebago County Calendar of Events Jan. 17 – Jan. 28
— January 16, 2018

THROUGH JAN. 28 “Misfits” – Art Exhibition and Related Programming, Rockford Art Museum, 711 N. Main St., Rockford, 10 a.m.-5 a.m., $7 adults, $3 seniors and students,…
The man who saved civilization
— January 10, 2018

This year’s best movie about a spirited band of resisters fighting an empire of evil isn’t the latest entry in the “Star Wars” franchise, but “Darkest…
The 2018 Games
— January 10, 2018

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty much footballed out. After the college Division I championship, the other professional league, the NFL, will decide who’s No….