Updated: 12:33 PM While the hurricanes have left parts of Florida in a wreck, they've also impacted the stateline.

Updated: 4:14 PM For all Rockford households seeking energy assistance, walk-in appointments will no longer be available at the Human Services Department Energy Division.

Updated: 2:22 PM First lady Laura Bush is promoting her husband's work for women on health care, education and national security Monday in Middleton.

Updated: 2:14 PM The president and CEO of Shaw Newspapers has been named publisher of the group's newspapers in Dixon and Sterling.

Updated: 2:13 PM Health care will be the focus of the presidential campaign in Wisconsin in the next several days.

Updated: 2:12 PM The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is considering the idea of adopting an "official state beverage" for Illinois.

Updated: 2:11 PM Talk show host Oprah Winfrey celebrated the premiere of her 19th season with a big surprise.

Updated: 10:56 PM A new lay of the land on 7th Street.

Updated: 10:57 PM The 10-year ban on assault weapons is set to expire.

Updated: 10:58 PM To combat against violent attacks estimated to happen in the U.S. every six minutes, a stateline center is hitting the mats to promote self-defense.

Updated: 7:45 PM On the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks, one stateline community remembers its area soldiers that contributed in fighting the War on Terror.

Updated: 7:47 PM On this third Anniversary of the September 11th attacks, people pause to remember how our nation hurt on that day.

Updated: 7:21 AM As the country nears September 11th, a local soldier looks back on her service in Iraq.

Updated: 6:42 PM Paving the way for improvements.

Updated: 1:57 PM The Illinois State Police need your help in locating a truck involved in a fatal crash that happened Thursday afternoon along Interstate 88.

Updated: 1:56 PM Toll Highway Authority Executive Director Jack Hartman says some truck drivers might find alternate routes to avoid higher tolls proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich on the state's tollway systems.

Updated: 1:53 PM "Empowering our society through diversity” is the goal of a new stateline publication set for its first release on Wednesday.

Updated: 12:55 PM It may sound unusual, but Friday morning bank officers from a stateline bank were washing car windows.

Updated: 12:54 PM The Chicago Cubs have submitted more details to the city on past repairs and renovations to Wrigley Field as part of an effort to obtain permits for the work.

Updated: 12:53 PM An Illinois truck driver has been charged in a fatal crash that took the lives of a woman and her young granddaughter in Madison.

Updated: 2:32 PM Illinois general election information.

Updated: 12:51 PM The 19th Annual Legislative Reception gives Rockford's Eiger Lab development project the center stage to local leaders and manufacturers.

Updated: 7:47 PM Vice President Dick Cheney may be a special guest speaker for a fundraising event taking place in DeKalb Saturday September 18, 2004.

Updated: 6:05 PM The terrorist attacks of September 11th brought out hundreds of local residents to give blood.

Updated: 11:33 AM A Rockford fitness center says yes to lifting weights in the wee hours, unveiling a new 24-hour schedule this week.