Memorial Day Weekend

Sweet Home Chicago will be deploying "Peacekeepers" throughout the city this Memorial Day weekend with the hopes of quelling any swells of violence. Does hearing this make you feel more or less comfortable spending Memorial Day weekend in the Windy City?

As we all take advantage of this three-day weekend, we remember those who gave their all so we can be free.

National Weather Service forecasters say the Memorial Day weekend could be a wet one in northeast Missouri and western Illinois.

Memorial Day, the 'unofficial start of summer,' will be on Monday, May 25. Memorial Day Weekend is always packed full of activities and events all around the area. Here is our 2015 Memorial Day Weekend activity guide for the Quincy/Hannibal area.

Hannibal's historic district will be jammed packed with arts, crafts, food and fun Memorial Day weekend.

I don't know about you, but I like weekends. No, actually I love weekends. And, I especially love weekends that end with a Monday that involves no work. That obviously includes both Memorial Day Weekend and the upcoming Labor Day Weekend. Our simple minds are wondering which holiday weekend you like best.

Caitlin Lee, the daughter of our afternoon radio personality Dave Lee, will be receiving special recognition at the American Legion convention in Springfield, Illinois on Friday.

We hope your Memorial Day weekend was amazing.  So was it?  Or was it...something else?  Inquiring minds want to know....

I am only partially joking when I say that I will vote for the first politician that makes three-day-weekends permanent.  As crazy (and wonderful) as it sounds, there is a serious push in some areas to try this.  For example, the state of Utah back in 2008 began mandating that all state workers only work Monday through Thursday and it was so successful, they have penned the acronym TGIT (Thank God