Posted: 5:18 PM Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon says she supports a bill that would allow the medical use of marijuana in Illinois.

Posted: 3:38 PM Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup.

Updated: 6:36 PM The northwest Illinois community and friends of Highland Community College are invited to join the 2013 graduates and their families as they celebrate the 50th annual Commencement Ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Updated: 11:35 PM Tobacco retailers were inspected during the most recent round of compliance checks to be conducted on all tobacco retailers within the community.

Updated: 3:26 PM RAVE has announced that the Gothic, supernatural musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, written by Stephen King, with music by John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett, is coming to the Coronado Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. on October 26, 2013.

Updated: 9:12 PM Damage assessments done across Illinois after last month's flooding have found nearly 3,700 damaged homes in 14 counties.

Posted: 6:12 PM Several Rockford neighbors gather on a local street corner in an effort to end gun violence in not only our city, but across the country.

Posted: 6:05 PM The state of Illinois has released a new estimate saying it will lose $212 million in unpaid sales taxes from online purchases during 2013.

Posted: 6:03 PM The city of Dixon is citing a deposition by a former bank branch manager in its lawsuit against the bank where former city comptroller Rita Crundwell held a secret account.

Posted: 5:46 PM A Rockford man is expected to survive after being shot multiple times on Saturday afternoon.

Posted: 3:44 PM Thanks to a local organization, hundreds of young girls will be the belle of the ball at their prom.

Posted: 3:33 PM After the recent murder on Rockford’s West Side, those in the area are fighting back against the violence. However they're doing so, with a much different approach.

Updated: 11:31 PM The Village of Machesney Park will be conducting sandbag pickup on Monday, May 13, 2013.

Updated: 6:24 PM Stateliners enjoyed quite the show at the BMO Harris Bank Center tonight. Country music superstar Carrie Underwood of American Idle fame was singing some of her hits in front of a sold out crowd. Local businesses say they’re excited about the concert too, but different reasons.

Posted: 10:35 PM Our annual 4th of July Fireworks show could have a less sparkle this summer.

Posted: 9:57 PM Rockford police are looking for four men who robbed the Radio Shack on West Riverside at gun point Friday night.

Updated: 10:46 PM Rockford man is busted for allegedly dealing drugs.

Posted: 9:54 PM The U.S. Department of Transportation decided that the airport's control tower will stay open.

Updated: 6:40 PM If you’re heading up north this weekend, you’ll want to be extra cautious while on the road. Wisconsin has some of the most lax drunk driving laws in the nation, but maybe not for long.

Updated: 5:26 PM Several local school districts are switching bus companies. It’s a story you asked us about on Facebook.

Updated: 5:23 PM Rockford Mass Transit says it can’t improve its service unless it gets help from Washington.

Updated: 5:23 PM While most airports across the country are cutting back, leaders at Rockford’s Airport are thinking about getting bigger.

Posted: 5:16 PM A recount in Boone County hasn’t changed the results of Belvidere’s exceptionally close mayoral race.

Updated: 4:19 PM Raymond Gitchel has been sentenced to 5 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for his role in a fatal stabbing.

Posted: 3:26 PM The Transportation Departments says 149 control towers at small airports that were slated for closure will remain -- open at least through Sept. 30.