Tim Simms News Today

The impact of the pandemic. The number of dead in spain passes 4,000 as the countrys lockdown is extended for at least another two weeks. In america theres a Record Number of unemployed, as more than three Million People claim benefits. Nearly 70,000 people in the us, have now been infected. Good afternoon and we are waiting for the chancellor to unveil a package of emergency measures. The chancellor, rishi sunak, is preparing to unveil a package of emergency measures for self employed people, m...

Sue Goral has headed the Winnebago County Treasurers Office for 22 years. She faces a challenge at the ballot box to stay on the job.

Voter turnout in Rockford was the lowest for any mayoral election in the city in decades. About 11% of the city’s 89,320 registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s election, which featured incumbent Mayor Tom McNamara running unopposed. “Because we had contested aldermanic races, I think that brought people out into those wards,” Rockford Board of Elections Executive Director Stacey Bixby said. “But since the mayor’s race was uncontested, some people probably felt that there was ju...