Community Corps

Sycamore’s distinctive penny parking meters could be gone in a couple of years, but not because the government has stopped making pennies.

Fire departments in Illinois reported responding to nearly ten thousand carbon monoxide related calls last year.

The League of Women Voters of Greater Rockford is hosting a community housing meeting Wednesday, Nov. 12 from 6-8 p.m. at the Rockford District 1 Police Station.

Food pantries across the U.S. are dealing with a rise in demand for food following uncertainty around SNAP benefits, and northern Illinois is no exception.

The Gail Borden Public Library has received a state grant to digitize documents such as “The Elgin Dairy Report.”

Bat Week is an international celebration of bats and their importance. The Roger Gustafson Nature Center in Belvidere will hold an interactive presentation on bats on Wednesday, Oct. 29.

This week launches the second annual Feed the Need food drive. It runs through Dec. 1, 2025.

YSB was honored recently by the Department of Children and Family Services’ Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council.

The restoration of Beyer Stadium at Maybelle Blair Park is the next phase of a six-acre global campus in Rockford.

A new book about Abraham Lincoln tells his story through photos of artifacts that help illustrate who he was and the impact that he had.