Updated: 9:40 AM The Rockford City Council takes a big step in the effort to bring riverboat gambling to town.

Updated: 10:21 PM Our direction of travel is changing.

Updated: 10:11 PM In Belvidere, it's salaries that are in question.

Updated: 12:40 PM State environmentalists are urging congressional leaders to spend $6 billion restoring the Great Lakes.

Updated: 12:39 PM Union and company officials at SBC Communications say they are making progress toward a new contract, but hurdles still remain.

Updated: 12:38 PM Gas prices keep on going up.

Updated: 12:37 PM It's a decision that has lead to a lawsuit.

Updated: 12:36 PM Water levels rising in local rivers.

Updated: 2:05 PM No pomp and circumstance for the Bush girls.

Updated: 2:21 PM What does the future hold for Belvidere?

Updated: 2:02 PM Planes diverted to Rockford during storms.

Updated: 7:05 PM Marine reservists called up again to battle war on terror.

Updated: 7:00 PM Hundreds of Americans lose their jobs every year to cheap foreign labor, but if more American’s would buy and use products made here in the USA those jobs could be saved.

Updated: 7:02 PM It's Winnebago County vs. Paul Gorski.

Updated: 12:39 PM It may be tough to get through on 4-1-1 calls in Illinois for the next few days.

Updated: 12:36 PM Mitsubishi Motors plans to cut a total of nearly 11,000 jobs, or 22-percent of its global work force.

Updated: 8:25 PM Decisions made back in February will be implemented soon.

Updated: 4:32 PM Strip club owners around the country are throwing their garters into the presidential campaign.

Updated: 1:00 PM It has been a month since tornadoes ripped through north-central Illinois, killing eight people and damaging several towns.

Updated: 4:59 PM The union representing more than 100,000 SBC workers plans to launch a four-day strike Friday morning, just after midnight.

Updated: 1:10 PM The number of people killed at the hands of a murderer increased in Wisconsin last year, but a new state analysis shows overall crime is down.

Updated: 1:08 PM A loving family can be the hardest to find.

Updated: 1:07 PM There's a new way to see your favorite 23 WIFR programs.

Updated: 1:06 PM A Winnebago County judge has upheld the firing of a Rockford police officer.

Updated: 3:44 PM The only horse slaughtering plant in Illinois expects to be back in business by the end of the month.