By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - The Rock River will be full of makeshift rafts Sunday for the 2018 Rock River Anything That Floats Race. It's the third year for this version of the race that at its peak during the 1970s and '80s…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS - When they selected James Daniels in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft, Ryan Pace and company insisted Daniels, a college center for Iowa, would be playing left guard for the Bears. No…

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By Jay Cohen AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — When Stan Mikita got back together with the Chicago Blackhawks, it was clear how much the reconciliation meant to the Hall of Fame forward. He became a team ambassador, and then got a…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS - In 2017, the Bears targeted their tight ends a total of 78 times. That mark was good enough to have 11 individual NFL tight ends eclipse it by themselves. In 2017, the Bears forgot and or…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS - Ask any offensive lineman about the difficulty of switching positions and you'll elicit a groan, sigh, and eye roll. Not necessarily in that order. Moving from center to guard, or tackle to…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The City of Rockford on Monday announced that it received an annual $6.5 million grant to provide Head Start and Early Head Start services in Winnebago County for the next five years. Head Start is a federally…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A domestic disturbance call led Rockford Police officers to a marijuana grow operation on the city's far-west side last Friday. Police spokesmen say officers responded to the domestic call in the…

By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — At least 11 people were shot and killed and about 70 others were wounded over the weekend in Chicago, in a spasm of gun violence that police attributed mostly to gangs and that the president's…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS - Learning the intricacies and subtle information of a new offense takes time. That's especially so when you're expected to make strides while taking live bullets against the majority of…

Staff Report WACKEN, Germany - Two men wandered away from their nursing home Friday night to attend the Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival. According to the Deutsche Welle, police found the men around 3 a.m., at the four-day…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS - Following a "sloppy" day where the Bears came out lethargically, Matt Nagy challenged his young roster. While letdowns are to be occasionally expected, Nagy needed and wanted better from…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor BOURBONNAIS - The NFL's annual Hall of Fame Game may be played under the lights on a national broadcast, but it's nothing too close to the real deal the regular season presents. So while young Bears…

Staff Report LOVES PARK - The Green Bay Bullfrogs logged a five-run seventh inning to down the Rockford Rivets 9-5 here Friday night. At the end the sixth inning, the Rivets led the Bullfrogs 5-3 after four consecutive innings of…

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor CANTON - The only reason the Bears played the Baltimore Ravens in Thursday's Hall of Fame Game is because of franchise great Brian Urlacher's first-ballot Hall of Fame induction this weekend. The only…