Updated: 12:51 PM A federal judge has refused to toss out a criminal indictment against former Gov. George Ryan.

Updated: 12:49 PM Mayor Richard Daley says the Chicago Tribune requested City Hall building maintenance records in response to the city's criticism of falling concrete at Wrigley Field.

Updated: 12:48 PM Coats are making a comeback in the stateline a few months earlier this year.

Updated: 12:47 PM Better growing conditions are expected to give Illinois farmers a big boost in soybean production this year.

Updated: 12:46 PM A UW System administrator wants to recruit students from California.

Updated: 12:45 PM Illinois farmer expected to produce 1.9 billion bushels of corn.

Updated: 12:41 PM Winnebago, which expects 1,000 new students by 2010, is pushing for an impact fee to be added to developers building new houses in Winnebago.

Updated: 12:44 PM A Belvidere woman hits a home run in bringing in 20 baseball gloves from the community for soldiers in Iraq.

Updated: 7:08 PM To ensure our children live crime-free lives, community leaders are encouraging parents to enroll their kids in pre-school programs.

Updated: 4:41 PM Hundreds of jobs will be leaving the stateline area.

Updated: 1:00 PM School registration in the Rockford School District has begun.

Updated: 12:58 PM Mega Millions jackpot increases to $35 million.

Updated: 12:57 PM Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and the Illinois Attorney General's Office are pressing authorities to solve how an architecture tour boat was showered by a foul-smelling gunk over the weekend.

Updated: 12:57 PM A new survey of Wisconsinites shows many are optimistic about the future, but their quality of life is about the same.

Updated: 12:56 PM Motorola Incorporated says the Internal Revenue Service claims the cell phone maker owes $500 million in additional tax liability for the years 1999 through 2000.

Updated: 12:55 PM Rockford police are looking for three men who were involved in a car jacking Tuesday night.

Updated: 12:54 PM The annual summer meteor shower this month should be the most vibrant display in many years.

Updated: 12:54 PM Police say the three men approached the owner of a home in the 1200 block of Cypress Terrace around 1 a.m. on Wednesday and forced their way inside.

Posted: 6:57 PM Rockford Police say a man was shot around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday in Rockford's near west side.

Updated: 5:39 PM Democratic Senate candidate Barack Obama and Republican rival Alan Keyes managed to agree on at least one thing Tuesday.

Updated: 5:38 PM Wisconsin's population now tops five-and-a-half million.

Updated: 5:35 PM The Boone County Fair kicked off its six-day run Tuesday morning.

Updated: 4:03 PM Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's North American boss says the key to survival for its American arm is creating interest in vehicles, not in the former financing schemes that led in part to the company's downfall.

Updated: 12:47 PM A 16-year-old Rockford boy is the victim of a drive-by shooting.

Updated: 12:45 PM Checking yes or no could be the decision Harlem School District voters will face.