Posts From Jay Vannigan
Back to homepageLocal area restaurants approve Link card for meals..
ROCKFORD– McDonald’s today announced that most of its restaurants will begin accepting the Link card and Wic with immediate effect. By mid January, Link card payment will be available at all McDonald’s Restaurants with the Wic program starting about 4
Read MoreMagic Pussy Lion Terrorizes Rockford Woman Again
ROCKFORD, IL – Weeniebagel County Coroner, Rue Squiducha, said “an autopsy today is expected to determine whether a 75-year-old woman found dead Monday afternoon was a cat or possibly a cat-human. My friend Sgt. Ron says it might me the magical
Read MoreIllinois mandates entrance fees for all city parks
ROCKFORD — Be prepared to pay if you’re headed to our city’s parks and recreation areas this summer. After a six-year moratorium, the federal government is charging admission at all of its city parks and public lands and raising the
Read MoreOldest North American Tree Accidentally Discovered in Rockford
Rockford, IL – The City of Rockford’s Parks and Recreation Department (RPRD) accidentally discovered another reason to label our region “The Forest City“: A Giant Sequoia tree was removed from the property currently occupied by Portillo’s during it’s construction in early 2015.
Read MoreCity Approves Bill Requiring Taxis to Be Red
The city has approved a bill in the first reading making it mandatory for new taxis registered from June 1 to be painted red. Mayor Barry Morrison last week introduced a draft amendment to the law on taxi cabs that
Read MoreRockfordian loves Burning Man
ROCKFORD– Every year Beverly Newbauer a national Twister champion from Rockford goes to Burning Man to meet and compete… “I love people and sand”. “I also like Bloody Marys and getting caught in the rain.”said Newbauer from her barstool at
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