Updated: 12:48 PM A former county board member reflects on the legacy of longtime county leader Polly Berg, who passed away this weekend.

Updated: 12:51 PM An apartment fire in Belvidere may have been intentionally set.

Updated: 12:50 PM Early Sunday morning Beloit police are on the scene of a shooting.

Updated: 12:49 PM No such thing as an uneventful Saturday night.

Updated: 9:00 PM Neighbors discuss the home invasion late Friday night in the tiny community of Genoa.

Updated: 9:01 PM Still no concrete answers as to why a wall collapsed in January.

Updated: 8:57 PM Winnebago County Board Member Polly Berg dies.

Updated: 9:31 PM A 25-year-old Caledonia man is dead following an accident at work.

Updated: 5:36 PM Heart disease kills two women in Winnebago County each week, yet the disease is often preventable.

Updated: 5:27 PM Larger class sizes and less individual attention are likely the results of cuts in the Byron school district.

Updated: 1:06 PM More strides have been made in the negotiations between the Rockford school district and local custodians, an agreement may be reached by the end of the week.

Updated: 1:07 PM Hooters Air flew out of Rockford to Denver for the first time Thursday.

Updated: 5:57 PM More than 5,000 people applied for 500 jobs at the new Wal-Mart on Rockford's northwest side.

Updated: 8:11 PM Chrysler awards a $200 million contract to a Michigan company to build a sorting center for the Belvidere plant.

Updated: 5:43 PM She's the ultimate queen of talk and a true American icon, and to celebrate her 19th season, Oprah Winfrey did something no one expected. She gave everyone in her audience a free car, or so they thought.

Updated: 1:09 PM After city includes the non-violence program Cease Fire in their budget, the county board weighs whether to provide similar funding.

Updated: 8:28 PM In 1962, a tiny chain of stores called "Wal-Mart" opened in Arkansas and Kansas.

Updated: 8:14 PM Here’s a look at what we can expect to hear Wednesday night as well as why experts say the president can't afford a poor performance.

Updated: 5:18 PM The criminal trial for a Rockford man accused of home repair fraud has been postponed.

Updated: 3:59 PM Nurses are a vital element in effective health care, but with fewer people entering the nursing field, the country could face a severe shortage in the next few years.

Posted: 12:54 PM Two Rockford police squad cars crashed into each other early Wednesday morning while chasing a suspect.

Updated: 1:11 PM The man charged with beating a 71-year-old Capron man to death gets handed down a life sentence.

Updated: 12:50 PM A 51-year-old man is killed in a hit and run accident.

Updated: 12:49 PM Two new Wal-Mart stores in Rockford hiring a combined 600 jobs in the coming months.

Updated: 12:47 PM U.S. senators are discussing raising the amount of money that goes to widows and the families of American troops that die in combat.