Dean Berry

MADISON - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has issues a statewide mask mandate that goes into effect Saturday, Aug. 1. Announced Thursday, the order is similar to the Illinois mask edict. A cloth face covering or a prefabricated mask that…

ATLANTA -- Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, has died from complications of COVID-19. He was 74. Cain's death was announced Thursday on Twitter. The co-chair of Black Voices for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Dr. Anthony Fauci will throw out the fist pitch Thursday as The Nationals face the New York Yankees on Opening Day of the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball season. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of…

ST. LOUIS - Mark and Patricia McCloskey were each charged with unlawful use of a weapon Monday. The allegations stem from a clash the couple had with people outside their home last month. During the incident Mark brandished a…

(ROCKFORD ADVOCATE) - The current spike in COVID-19 cases in several American states is not taking the shape of the first wave that hit the U.S. earlier this year, according to doctors. Officials at the University of Pittsburgh Medical…

ROCHESTER, New York – A statue of famed black American social reformer Frederick Douglass was destroyed over the Fourth of July weekend. The monument sits in Maplewood Park in Rochester, New York. “The base and lower part of the…

ROCKFORD - The 17th Circuit Court has postponed all trials in Winnebago and Boone counties until mid-May, Chief Judge Eugene Doherty reported Tuesday. "We have now been given permission by the Supreme Court to cancel trials and…

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers introduced a bill in the Minnesota House to raise age to buy tobacco to 21. If it passes and signed by Governor Mark Dayton, Minnesota would become the sixth state in the nation…

This weekend marks Daylight Saving Time. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is reminding everyone of the simple life-saving habit of changing the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. The firs tip is to…