Updated: 4:35 PM An armed black male is still on the loose after attempting a bank robbery in Rockford Thursday morning.

Updated: 3:04 PM More than 1.5 million travelers are expected at Chicago's airports over the Labor Day weekend.

Updated: 1:27 PM Fewer people have died in boating accidents in Wisconsin this year.

Updated: 1:25 PM Otters have rebounded from near-extinction in Illinois, causing the state's Department of Natural Resources to remove them from the threatened and endangered species list.

Updated: 1:24 PM Arbitrator to settle contract dispute.

Updated: 1:16 PM School in the Harlem District is canceled for a ninth straight day on Thursday. but school could start Friday.

Updated: 7:03 PM If you haven't noticed by now, there's a rather unusual phenomenon taking place in the Great Outdoors right now, perhaps right in your back yard. Leaves are already beginning to change color; an early taste of autumn.

Updated: 4:40 PM One new store at Cherryvale Mall is looking to hire more than a dozen employees.

Updated: 2:31 PM A spokeswoman says Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't approve hiring outside counsel for the Illinois Gaming Board until new board members are named.

Updated: 2:33 PM The number of reported Hepatitis C cases in Wisconsin increased fivefold in recent years.

Updated: 12:49 PM Several public interest groups are questioning a plan to fund a $5.3 billion overhaul of Illinois' tollway system by increasing tolls.

Updated: 12:48 PM U.S. Senate candidate Russ Darrow didn't pay any state income tax for 2002, even though federal documents show he reported a salary of more than $1 million.

Updated: 12:47 PM No school Wednesday for almost 8,000 students in the Harlem school district.

Posted: 5:24 PM Teacher strikes can have lasting effects on school districts; just ask those in Oregon schools.

Updated: 1:45 PM President Bush has asked Tommy Thompson to spend some more time in Wisconsin leading up to the general election.

Updated: 1:43 PM President Bush holds a campaign rally Friday in suburban Milwaukee, a day after the Republican National Convention wraps up in New York.

Updated: 1:41 PM The Illinois attorney general's office has filed suit against two of the nation's largest retailers over claims that they aren't collecting state taxes for sales generated over the Internet.

Updated: 1:38 PM Negotiators in the Harlem School District plan to return to the bargaining table Tuesday with a federal mediator.

Updated: 1:37 PM A 38-year-old LaSalle County woman is the 15th confirmed case of West Nile in Illinois this year.

Updated: 1:35 PM Illinois government fans will soon be able to watch state Senate sessions over the Internet.

Posted: 1:33 PM SAT scores for Illinois high school students in the class of 2004 are almost unchanged from a year ago.

Updated: 1:24 PM Questions surface in District 205 at to what is gang related and what is just normal teenage clothing.

Updated: 1:08 PM Day number seven of no school.

Updated: 8:47 PM As the Harlem teachers’ strike reaches week two, many parents and students are losing hope that the sides will ever come to an agreement.

Updated: 1:18 PM The Dave Matthews Band says it's cooperating with authorities in Chicago to determine what happened when a tour boat filled with passengers was doused with raw sewage.