Cash

Portillo’s in Rockford is taking cash again at the drive-thru after two years card-only, reversing its policy for speed, safety, and convenience.

Imagine walking down the street and seeing money everywhere. That’s exactly what happened in Oak Park when a Brinks truck lost $300,000. Now officials, and the company, are scrambling to track down the cash and the people who grabbed it.

You might be rich (or at least richer) and not even know it - yet. The state of Illinois has over 5 billion dollars in unclaimed property, but it's super easy to find out if any of this fortune is yours.

From video games to unicorns, the possibilities are endless.

Governor Pritzker figures that you might need an incentive to go out and get vaccinated against COVID-19, even after 70 percent of the state's adults have received at lease one vaccine dose.

Currently, there are eight states in the U.S. that offer "vaccine lotteries" as a way to encourage their citizens to get out and get the COVID-19 shot(s). Illinois wants to be the 9th state to do it.

The cash giveaway starts on May 26th, and Ohio adults who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose may enter a lottery that will provide a $1 million prize each Wednesday for five weeks that follow.

Did you know you have the chance to win $10,000 on 97ZOK? Isn't that awesome? You get 10 codewords a day starting at 8:00 AM and you have the chance to win $10,000. You can find all those details on how to win right HERE. So to get you in a winning mood, let's do some dreaming about what you'd buy...

Who knew you could get paid just for hopping on the Illinois Treasury website?

It would appear that the old adage "Finders keepers" does not apply to the good folks at the Machesney Park Goodwill store.