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Jay Field of Chicago Public Radio reports the city of Rockford, Illinois, is chipping in to help small businesses buy health insurance. The program helps low-paid workers at family restaurants and other establishments afford basic coverage, with help from their employer and the city. So far, 500 businesses are participating.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports that in Super Bowl 35 this Sunday, key players may hit the field ready to prove more than just their football skills. They need to show that they've conquered personal battles with alcoholism, brushes with the law, and questions of leadership as well.

Commentator Jim Infantino and his band, Jim's Big Ego, sang the national anthem at Fenway Park this year. It was a dream come true for Jim, who describes singing on the field with 30,000 people watching and listening. We'll hear the performance and learn how difficult it was to do.

The 24-year-old received CPR on the field for about 15 minutes before being taken away by ambulance.

More than 80,000 people were on hand for Barack Obama's history-making speech at Denver's Invesco Field. People in the crowd said they were impressed by his passion, his ability to inspire and his feistiness.

During the first few months of the Iraq war, field historians armed with digital recorders conducted hundred of interviews with U.S. Marines, often fresh off the battlefield. The raw recordings offer a stirring, intimate look of the triumphs and failures on the road to Baghdad. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Connor Barwin tells CBS in Philadelphia that when he came onto the field in New England, some Patriots fans taunted him. Barwin told them to have a beer ready for him when the Eagle won.

Getting pregnant as a track and field athlete was called the "kiss of death." After becoming pregnant, Olympian Allyson Felix fought to change that by reforming her former sponsor's maternity policy.

Queens of the chart, field and Maori adorn the quiz this week, and we also address seasonal topics like memoirs and TV shows. Enjoy it while you can!

The latest WGLT reporting about what's on the ballot in the 2022 elections.