The count will take place from 3 p.m. today until 3 p.m. the following day, and will cover both sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals within Boone, Winnebago and DeKalb Counties.
Illinois has seen an increase in people begging for money due in part to a federal court decision lifting a panhandling ban. Help with this instead of money.
Local social media is blowing up with debate surrounding potentially dubious tactics used by Winnebago County Sheriff's Police in a speed enforcement zone on Rt 173 on Tuesday.