Updated: 3:55 PM Just after 8:30 this morning, the Rockford Police Department responded to an Attempted Bank Robbery and Carjacking at Union Savings Bank, located in the 200 block of N. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL.

Updated: 10:40 AM Rock County tests the Outdoor Warning System sirens on a monthly basis from April through October every year.

Posted: 7:28 AM SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing her baby more than 50 years ago is scheduled to be sentenced.

Posted: 7:26 AM RIVERSIDE, Ill. (AP) -- A Chicago woman has been charged with aggravated arson for allegedly setting a fire after discovering her husband had smoked their entire stash of marijuana.

Posted: 7:23 AM ROODHOUSE, Ill. (AP) -- Family and friends are saying their final farewells to a pregnant woman and four other family members shot to death last week in the small central Illinois town of Manchester.

Updated: 1:58 PM MCHENRY COUNTY - An accident early Wednesday morning disrupted traffic flow at I-90 and Route 20.

Updated: 9:21 PM In January, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office initiated a crack cocaine investigation in the DeKalb area. During the investigation, it was learned that Terry Griffin, Antonnio Sanders and Christopher Bell conspired to distribute crack cocaine in the DeKalb and surrounding community.

Updated: 4:07 AM EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- Crews searching the Chippewa River in Eau Claire have been unable to find two men seen hanging on to a canoe in the water.

Updated: 6:46 PM In an effort to combat a recent increase in gang activity, the McHenry County Gang Task Force was activated last week by the Harvard Police Department. The McHenry County Gang Task Force is made up of 18 law enforcement agencies throughout the county. Officers from multiple areas assisted in the operation.

Updated: 6:36 PM With the end of the spring term and students packing up for the summer break, Northern Illinois University is preparing for the annual move out flood of unwanted household items typically discarded by students departing on-campus housing.

Updated: 10:36 PM Three new members took the oath for Rockford Public School board tonight and the board also picked it's new leader.

Posted: 9:51 PM Just after 9:00 p.m. Tuesday officers were called to the area of Avon and Blaisdell Streets for an shooting.

Posted: 9:44 PM Yellowstone County authorities say escape charges are expected against a man charged with murder who allegedly tried to break out of jail.

Posted: 9:42 PM The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline.

Posted: 9:41 PM Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is proposing a comprehensive pension-reform package that caps the salary on which a pension can be based and limits annual cost-of-living increases.

Posted: 9:40 PM The largest Illinois government employees' union will take a second ratification vote on its tentative three-year contract because of a continuing lawsuit over back wages.

Updated: 10:53 PM There's a new program to help local companies grow internationally.

Updated: 10:37 PM Dozens of people from a northeast side neighborhood turned out for a meeting Tuesday night after a violent crime took place there last week.

Updated: 5:55 PM 47-year-old Denzil Radabaugh has been found guilty of Residential Burglary.

Updated: 5:48 PM After nearly two years of discussion, an upscale shopping development could be coming to South Beloit.

Updated: 10:40 PM With the addition of a third shop at Nippon Sharyo, nearly 300 jobs are on the way.

Updated: 10:39 PM Rockford has made another list that doesn’t make us proud. A group called Neighborhood Scout ranked us as having the 14th most dangerous neighborhood in the country.

Updated: 5:26 PM Patrolling all Stateline neighborhoods should get a little easier now that Rockford’s police department is nearly back to full force. T

Posted: 3:42 PM Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is proposing a comprehensive pension-reform package that caps the salary on which a pension can be based and limits annual cost-of-living increases.

Posted: 12:54 PM 30-year-old Ivan Rivera pled guilty to one count of Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child and two counts of Criminal Sexual Abuse yesterday.