Housing costs are way below what you’d pay in bigger Illinois cities. You can find a nice apartment or even a small house on your $2,100 monthly budget. The downtown area has that classic small-town ...

Rockford is Illinois’s third-largest city, but the prices haven’t caught up with that fact. Your Social Security check can stretch pretty far here. Housing in Rockford is among the most affordable in ...

While the penny is no longer being produced, the grimy, circular piece of copper and zinc is getting the last laugh. Less ...

After Nov. 12, the penny will no longer be minted as a form of legal tender. The reasons cited included the reported cost to ...