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For more than 30 years, Backyard Grill & Bar, 6473 N. Second St., in Loves Park, Ill., has attracted loyal customers with a bounty of classics and a deliciously diverse menu. Three years ago, the family-friendly restaurant started a new chapter when Rob Bennick and his wife, Chrystal Ann, took ownership. Their passion

LOVES PARK — A global manufacturer that serves some of the biggest agricultural and industrial companies brought team members here from around the world on Tuesday to celebrate a multi-year, multimillion-dollar investment in its Windsor Road plant. Comer Industries marked the culmination of a three-year effort to fully

These are some of the best places to find candles in Rockford and the surrounding area for fall, cozy nights and gifts.

Fall is officially here, which means I have decided it's time to make my home approximately 1000x cozier. Give me a chunky blanket, a hot chai latte, some cute fall decorations and a candle that smells like someone is baking something sweet and delicious in the kitchen. That is basically the entire vibe I'm going for.

JANESVILLE — A second person was charged in an alleged coordinated effort to pitch a latex glove filled with tobacco over a fence to an inmate at the Rock County Jail. Bethaney Rose Klopp-Johnson, 25, Edgerton, was arrested for delivering illegal articles to an inmate as a party to a crime. Kinzie Stuebe, 28, Beloit, w

THE THREAD: On Jan. 30, 2021, Shane Bouma's path collided with Ellen Marsh's in what authorities described as a brutal and random act of violence.

The Winnebago County Coroner's Office has identified the inmate who died Sunday after being transported from the Winnebago County Jail.

Driving near the rural town of Lebanon, Indiana late on a summer night, far off in the distance we saw a huge horizon of bright light. Getting closer, we saw what it was: a huge, barren, land, devoid of grass and trees, with towering klieg lights and heavy trucks everywhere. It was a data center being built. What had b

Rockton Police Chief Justin Jobst has recenly completed the 30th Annual New Chiefs of Police Program, an intensive executive‑level training held September 15–18, 2020, in East Peoria, Illinois. The program, titled “Enduring, Surviving and Thriving as a Law Enforcement Executive,” was hosted by the Illinois Law Enforcem

ELK GROVE, Wis. -- A Beloit man rear-ended an Amish buggy in Lafayette County Sunday afternoon, injuring the driver, Sheriff Reg Gill said. The crash happened at around 5:48 p.m. Gill said the 23-year-old Beloit man was driving on State Highway 81 in the town of Elk Grove when he failed to stop for the buggy and hit th