COVID-19

The fact that grown adults need to be reminded of this is nothing short of pathetic. If it doesn't affect your directly mind your business.

This week's Hometown Hero is Madison Scarbrough of Belvidere who used creative means to keep residents at Heritage Woods engaged during the COVID pandemic.

I remember a few weeks ago looking at all of our reusable masks hanging on the wall at my home.

Many of us here in Northern Illinois may be giving our (at this point) substantial mask collections the old heave-ho, but not everyone in the state of Illinois is doing the mask-toss just yet.

Okay, maybe some other dogs around the country also have happened to pick up a case of COVID-19, but this dog, named Buster, is Illinois' first canine COVID-19 patient.

Mask mandates have begun to be lifted but what about vaccine proof requirements?

Many Illinois school districts are going mask-optional in their schools, but this is creating a whole new bullying problem for their students.

It's not that there's anything wrong with the free COVID-19 tests being offered up by Uncle Sam for the low, low price of...well, free. The problem lies with how you order those tests.

Illinois driver services facilities and Secretary of State departments originally planned to close their doors for the first couple of weeks of this month due to soaring COVID-19 numbers.

Instead of stating scientific reasons why people should get vaccinated against COVID-19, one Rockford hospital is now pleading to our hearts.