Updated: 3:54 PM Illinois lawmakers convened a special session Thursday, but House members were immediately sent home.

Updated: 3:47 PM Program aims to rebuild community, address nursing shortage.

Updated: 1:14 PM New U.S. Census Bureau numbers show two Illinois cities are among the nation's fastest growing.

Updated: 4:54 PM A Kenosha pasta plant and its employees are victims of the low-carb craze.

Updated: 4:46 PM Unemployment is up in all but three of Wisconsin's 11 largest metro areas.

Updated: 4:17 PM Unmaintained pools can pose a threat to the community.

Updated: 3:02 PM "American Idol" star Clay Aiken and country music favorites Clint Black and Travis Tritt will top the Illinois State Fair's grandstand lineup this year.

Updated: 1:12 PM A source tells The Associated Press that Governor Rod Blagojevich plans to call lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session.

Updated: 10:50 AM The Illinois Department of Agriculture will soon resume its fight against the leaf-eating gypsy moth in Winnebago and other counties.

Updated: 10:46 AM The idea of toll roads in Wisconsin has resurfaced.

Updated: 10:42 AM Street clothes could soon be banned at one Rockford elementary school.

Updated: 10:43 PM Jack Ryan is trying to revive his image.

Updated: 10:16 PM Two U.S. Senate hopefuls are on the campaign trail for different reasons.

Updated: 7:22 PM Authorities condemn Rockford home and seize several cats.

Updated: 2:26 PM The Town of Beloit has made it illegal to jump off bridges after a man died in a belly flop contest.

Updated: 2:21 PM What safeguards are in place to make sure when we fill up we're not being taken for a ride?

Updated: 12:30 PM Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jack Ryan said a judge's decision to release documents related to his 1999 divorce signals what he calls "a new low for politics."

Updated: 12:29 PM Portions of Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Jack Ryan's 1999 divorce records have been unsealed.

Updated: 12:32 PM It has to be a parent's greatest fear.

Updated: 4:19 PM House fire reminder of dangers of fireworks.

Updated: 2:59 PM Republican Jack Ryan's opponent in the U.S. Senate campaign says details from Ryan's divorce records shouldn't play a role in the campaign.

Updated: 2:58 PM U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald says Chicago's plan to expand O'Hare International Airport would add less than one-fifth of the capacity first promised when city officials unveiled the plan.

Updated: 12:50 PM The Environmental Protection Agency says Milwaukee isn't to blame for recent swimming bans in Chicago.

Updated: 12:51 PM The fire at 7022 Yorkshire Lane, which began around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, is believed to have been started by fireworks.

Updated: 12:48 PM Seventeen-year-old Miranda Homan of Forreston and her passenger, 15-year-old Mary Miller, also of Forreston, were killed after their car crashed into a truck.