Updated: 10:00 AM A strike date has been set for Tuesday for support staff in the Harlem School District.

Updated: 4:36 PM City leaders plan growth around dream of rail service.

Updated: 3:48 PM Dead tree collection results in a fire on Meridian Road.

Updated: 3:39 PM A Pecatonica man is recovering in a Madison hospital Friday after his propane truck exploded Thursday.

Updated: 3:34 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich wins a round in the battle to fire state employees.

Updated: 3:30 PM Murder charges against two men convicted of the 1976 rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl were dropped Friday.

Updated: 3:27 PM Chicago police are claiming some success with new initiatives to bring down the city's homicide rate.

Updated: 8:48 PM Three prison guards are accused of giving inmates drugs at the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet.

Updated: 8:46 PM The state's second and smaller state fair starts Friday in DuQuoin and runs through September 1.

Updated: 8:44 PM Illinois residents who earn the minimum wage will see a pay raise over the next 16 months.

Updated: 8:41 PM State, local and federal authorities say a 20-month drug investigation dubbed "Operation Killer Crack'' led to 58 arrests at a housing complex in the Chicago suburb of Addison.

Updated: 8:39 PM Dog fighting: community members in Janesville say no doubt it's going on throughout the stateline. Here's the story of one of its latest victims.

Posted: 7:51 PM Authorities say a freight train derailed in Decatur Wednesday afternoon, toppling some cars carrying soybeans but causing no injuries.

Updated: 7:49 PM State officials delayed a vote Wednesday to raise fees for high school dropouts who want a diploma.

Updated: 4:26 PM Public health officials say Illinois has its first human case of the West Nile disease.

Updated: 4:22 PM A Rockford teen is dead after a two-car crash just outside of the city limits. It happened just after 10 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Updated: 4:09 PM Rockford's Crusader Clinic is getting help from the government to expand its services.

Updated: 7:33 PM Beloit Leaders: Casino still years away but assessment step in right direction.

Updated: 4:35 PM At least three companies involved.

Updated: 7:34 PM Girl stabbed classmate with a knife.

Updated: 12:33 PM Volunteers are building a handicap accessible home for a Marine paralyzed in an accident.

Updated: 4:15 PM It's a restoration 20 years in the making.

Updated: 4:10 PM President bush's school reform takes some heat for leaving children behind, shortchanging schools and teachers.

Updated: 4:03 PM Kelly Springfield union workers are still trying to iron out a contract agreement with parent company Goodyear.

Updated: 3:01 PM No need for change on the tolls.