In 2019, the city changed their slogan from the “City with a Heart,” to the “Heart of the Midwest.” At the time, Mayor Greg Jury said this new saying helps tell the story that Loves Park is uniquely ...

The 1,800-acre park has served for decades as a nature preserve, events venue, educational organization and much more just a ...

I've never tasted cornbread quite like theirs. It was chewy, crispy, the corn was perfectly distributed throughout each slice, and when you unwrap it from the tin foil, it's just gleaming up at you.

The Class 3A field will always lack the depth of what you’ll find in Class 4A, so there is some top-heaviness to the majority of the 3A sectionals. But with that comes a whole lot less debate and a ...

Meet Ms. Stephanie Berg, the exceptional Resource teacher at Summerdale Early Childhood Center in Rockford. 97ZOK's Teacher ...

The weekend brings more Yeti Fest activities and a Charcuterie Crawl, along with fundraisers, live music, art exhibits and ...

A Huntley man is sentenced to one year of conditional discharge after striking a deal with McHenry County prosecutors in an ...

Bruce Walla, 55, of Huntley, Illinois, was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay fines and restitution. Some 10 people ...

A Huntley man has been sentenced to one year of conditional discharge in a plea deal after he was accused of cruelty to ...

Hundreds of people marched in protest in Waukegan on Saturday calling for an end to deportations and for ICE to leave Lake ...

The Rockford Icemen High School hockey team ceased operations several years ago. A new high school hockey program launched ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said he would block pardoned Capitol insurrectionists from serving in local government positions, citing a state law ordinance, according to a Thursday letter ...