Updated: 6:50 PM After a spike in recent violent crimes, Rockford's non-violence organization takes to the streets with a message to increase the peace.

Updated: 6:44 PM A local hotel has a temporary place to call home during the holidays.

Updated: 6:43 PM Recognizing the 333rd Military Police Unit's fight for freedom.

Updated: 12:44 PM What started as a home invasion results in a fatal shooting.

Updated: 8:59 PM Days after the casino decision was put on hold in Springfield, the debate continues in Rockford about whether gambling belongs in the Forest City.

Updated: 7:42 PM A way to help send troops a “pick-me-up.”

Updated: 5:28 PM Another local company is flying high after landing a deal with Boeing on its newest passenger jet.

Updated: 4:42 PM Northfield-based Kraft Foods is recalling about 1,000 packages of Oscar Mayer Lunchables because of mislabeling.

Updated: 4:27 PM For the past week, 16 Rockford firefighters have been learning the ropes of confined space rescue so they'll be certified through the Occupational and Safety Health Administration.

Updated: 2:07 PM Six Marines from Illinois have been killed while serving in Iraq this week.

Updated: 2:03 PM Judy Baar Topinka says her two-year term as head of the Illinois Republican Party has been a series of challenges marked by political scandals and a lopsided loss in the U.S. Senate race.

Updated: 4:11 PM Scott Peterson has been found guilty of first and second-degree murder.

Updated: 12:43 PM A Chicago teacher is accused of paying students to have sex with her.

Updated: 9:00 PM J.L. Clark, known worldwide for making tin and plastic seals on products from Oreo cookies to Ouch! bubble gum, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in business.

Updated: 2:45 PM David's funeral will be Saturday morning at Heartland Church.

Updated: 1:08 PM Two separate shootings took place in Rockford Wednesday night.

Updated: 1:07 PM A 20-year-old from southern Illinois has become the fourth Marine from the state to die while serving in Iraq in less than a week.

Updated: 1:04 PM Beautiful fall leaves blanket the ground and this year the Winnebago County Highway Department is helping us clean up our property.

Updated: 8:40 PM Local veterans from wars past and present are honored in a packed house on the eve of Veterans Day.

Updated: 8:28 PM In weeks, the Belvidere City Council will decide whether to designate a 150-year-old neighborhood as a historical district.

Updated: 9:48 PM It's estimated that hundreds of parents in the stateline are not getting the child support payments they're owed.

Updated: 5:10 PM One French philosopher once said, "Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world, the clock and the cat."

Updated: 1:07 PM Bush has accepted John Ashcroft's resignation as the second presidential term begins.

Updated: 1:03 PM One hundred eighty six janitors in the Rockford school district see who else could come in and take over their jobs.

Updated: 5:48 PM Every day we see images of war, the violence, the death, the heartache; but Tuesday the city of Belvidere is staring the harsh realities of war right in the face as they mourn the death of one of their own, Marine Reservist Branden Ramey.