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A suburban family promised Chicago students help paying for college. Then they backed out.
The college dreams of hundreds of low-income and first-generation students from Chicago are up in the air after a north suburban family backed out on a longstanding commitment to provide scholarships just weeks before the start of classes. “I’m just kind of at a loss for words,” said Marcus Jackson,...
Police: Rockford man flees from police after shooting a firearm, found with 2 pounds of cannabis
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Police arrested Lavern Ragland, 35, for reckless discharge of a firearm among other charges. On Tuesday, around 10;20 p.m., SCOPE officers responded to an address on Eastgate Parkway for reports of shots fired coming from a vehicle. Officials tried to stop the suspected vehicle on North Rockton Avenue but the car […]
Sad News: Beloved Asian Restaurant in Rockford Announces Closure
A popular Asian restaurant in Rockford has announced it has closed its doors, leaving many saddened by the shocking news. Back in January of 2022, Pho 27 opened their doors for the very first time on Rockford's east side. I visited them many times throughout the past few years and absolutely loved the energy, kind staff, and delicious homestyle Lao dishes they served.
Police presence in Rock Island near Poor Boys Pizza & Pub
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - One person was hospitalized and another is in custody after an incident Wednesday at a pub in Rock Island. TV6 is on scene outside of Poor Boys Pizza & Pub, 4121 18th Avenue, where crime scene tape can be seen along with multiple police officers.
AI is Reportedly Coming to Illinois Taco Bell Drive Thru Lanes
Do you love tacos? Do you trust robots? Those are both important questions to answer as there are multiple reports that artificial intelligence is coming to Illinois drive-thru lanes. I saw this taco report shared by Nation's Restaurant News. It says that Taco Bell already has artificial intelligence deployed in...
Does Illinois Even Allow A 4-Day School Week?
The school week isn't a whole 5 days for everyone in the country. The new school year is just about upon us and the debate resumes: do we like 4-day school weeks or not? Several districts in Iowa are signing on for it for the 2024-2025 school year. Like anything...
Illinois player wins $1 million Mega Millions prize playing online
The Illinois Lottery announced Wednesday an unidentified Illinois player has won $1 million playing Mega Millions online. The winning Illinois iLottery player matched five numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the Tuesday night drawing to score the $1 million prize. The winning numbers were 19-23-30-33-50. The Illinois Lottery did not identify the...
In the wake of Sonya Massey's death, advocates want the state to act
Calls of “Justice for Sonya” rang through the sanctuary of a church on Chicago’s West Side on Tuesday at a rally hosted in response to the death of Sonya Massey on July 6. Massey, a Black woman, was killed in her home by Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy...
Illinois Bug Warning: The Lone Star Tick Can Make You Really Sick
You're probably sick and tired of hearing and talking about bugs in Illinois after nearly a year of being pelted around the clock with information about the upcoming (now gone) historic cicada emergence in Illinois. Spoiler alert: Cicada-geddon totally lived up to the hype in some areas, while other areas...
Home sale prices in Rockford region hit record high for second-straight month
ROCKFORD — Home sale prices in the Rockford region topped a record high for the second-straight month in June, according to new data from the NorthWest Illinois Alliance of Realtors. The three-month rolling average price of a home sold in Winnebago, Boone and Ogle counties was $213,644 in June....
Cradles to Crayons Chicago's Backpack-A-Thon for kids going back-to-school
CHICAGO (CBS) — The 10,000-seat Wintrust Arena in the South Loop was buzzing with activity on Wednesday, but not because of a basketball game or concert, but rather with volunteers trying to make going back to school easier for thousands of families.Jock Jams filled the arena for a different kind of coordinated competition as volunteers were racing to fill tens of thousands of backpacks with back-to-school supplies for Chicago students.Cradles to Crayons organizers said it was the largest free backpack giveaway in the region. It was Cradles to Crayon's ninth Backpack-A-Thon in Chicago, but its first at Wintrust Arena.Some 700 volunteers were barely taller...
Legal motion seeks immediate shutdown of Stateville Correctional Center
A recently filed plaintiff's motion is seeking to trigger an immediate shutdown of Stateville Correctional Center in Chicago's southwest suburbs, advocating for inmates to be moved to other facilities within the Illinois Department of Corrections. Bernard McKinley spent 23 years an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center outside Joliet. He saw...
As workers return to the office, residents are moving back to Chicago and other cities, driving up home prices
Ta Juana Tang, 45, bought a home in Frankfort, a southwestern suburb of Chicago, during the COVID-19 pandemic when she started working remotely. But when in-person work started to return, Tang’s commute became too much. In April, she sold her Frankfort townhome and purchased a four-bedroom home in West Town. “When you work in construction, I’m in the office at 7:00 (or) 7:15 a.m.,” said Tang, ...
City changes explanation for traffic stop that led to deadly police shooting
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Lawyers for the City of Chicago said the officers who conducted a traffic stop that ended in the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed earlier this year did so because of tinted windows, contradicting an earlier explanation that the stop was because of a seatbelt violation.Reed's family filed a federal lawsuit against the city, claiming police had no valid reason to pull Reed over. In court on Wednesday, the judge presiding over the case urged both parties to try to settle before a long and arduous legal process ahead if the lawsuit goes to trial."The family of Dexter Reed is...