Updated: 2:01 PM Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are still excited about the missions of the twin rovers on Mars, despite glitches with one of them, Spirit.

Updated: 2:03 PM President Bush is voicing renewed support for Medicare's prescription drug benefit, even though the price tag has just taken a big jump.

Updated: 3:35 PM A light dusting of snow Thursday morning caused heavy delays on the highways.

Updated: 3:29 PM The trial will begin May 24 in Kane County.

Updated: 1:29 PM Hormel Foods recalling chili. Kroger recalling roast beef.

Updated: 1:06 PM The Illinois state fire marshal is sending out applications this week that are designed to help needy fire districts buy fire trucks.

Updated: 1:15 PM Report cards on the performance of public schools are about to go up on the Internet, where anyone with a computer can check them out.

Updated: 4:48 PM Non-stop service from Rockford to Budapest, Hungary could soon be taking off.

Updated: 4:46 PM Irresponsible and politically motivated.

Posted: 4:35 PM Local manufacturers see a bright 2004.

Updated: 4:29 PM Legislators address local school concerns.

Updated: 2:53 PM Six Democratic U.S. Senate candidates carefully avoided friction among themselves in a debate Wednesday, saving what fireworks there were for President Bush.

Updated: 2:32 PM The Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would save employers tens of billions of dollars in pension costs.

Updated: 2:21 PM He wasn't there in person, but the words of rock star Bono have taken center stage at a congressional hearing.

Updated: 1:06 PM Illinois' attorney general says more needs to be done to crack down on methamphetamine producers.

Updated: 1:04 PM A state representative from southern Illinois is proposing legislation that would override local handgun bans when the guns are used in self-defense.

Updated: 8:44 PM You post an ad, a buyer calls, you think you've got a sale, then you find out you've been scammed.

Updated: 5:04 PM The latest snapshot of consumer confidence shows improvement.

Updated: 4:57 PM A report Tuesday from the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty.

Updated: 4:51 PM After all of the trail running, food serving and flesh pressing, the democratic candidates for president realize it's now up to the people.

Updated: 4:41 PM A local man has gone from rags to riches.

Updated: 1:01 PM Facing the facts of the financial future.

Updated: 6:57 PM After city shuts down apartment building, many still left out in the cold.

Updated: 4:28 PM More than one in ten Holocaust survivors now living in Illinois met the deadline to file insurance claims for losses dating back to the 1930s.

Updated: 3:39 PM The beef industry is launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign Monday, one month after the nation's first case of mad cow disease.