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.

Updated: 4:47 PM The Illinois Senate Thursday rejected the governor's veto and once again passed legislation offering legal protection for homeowners who shoot intruders.

Updated: 2:17 PM Tuesday is National Young Readers Day, and young readers at Christian Life Elementary School got much more than they bargained for Tuesday morning.

Updated: 2:06 PM Two Illinois Marines have died in separate incidents in Iraq.

Updated: 12:57 PM The Rockford City Council looks at where potential casino revenues should go.

Updated: 1:01 PM Rockford public school custodians get ready to hear about their future in the district.

Updated: 5:53 PM Exhibiting the right of freedom of speech can often be a slippery slope, given the current nature of our country in the post 9/11 era.

Updated: 4:07 PM A survey shows residential natural gas prices are a third higher than they were a year ago in Wisconsin.

Updated: 4:04 PM Interim State School Superintendent Randy Dunn says he's trying to build "a more cost-efficient agency."

Updated: 1:03 PM On the heels of the fall veto session for Illinois lawmakers, those on both sides of the casino issue debate the likely discussions to bring a casino to Rockford.

Updated: 11:33 AM Police in the northern Illinois community of Freeport are investigating its first homicide of the year.

Updated: 1:01 PM Freeport police investigate their first murder in years.

Updated: 1:05 PM Cold Cases are the toughest to solve, but the ones that require the spotlight.

Updated: 1:06 PM The number of homicide cases in Rockford this year is now six.

Updated: 10:57 PM A 23-year-old Rochelle woman is honored in a special benefit five months after surviving a broken neck in a car accident.

Updated: 10:55 PM After 7 hours deliberating, a local jury comes back with a guilty verdict.

Updated: 10:42 PM Winnebago County residents with leaves piling up could see some relief.

Updated: 10:01 PM Days before local representatives head downstate for the fall veto session, lawmakers discuss important road projects they'll push for in the coming weeks.

Updated: 8:43 PM The opening of a new leisure store, The Great Escape, marks another addition of commercial development on East Riverside and I-90.

Updated: 5:44 PM U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says he'll run for Democratic whip in the new Senate, adding that he already has the votes to get the job.

Updated: 5:35 PM General Motors is recalling about one and-a-half million cars in four separate recalls.