Updated: 6:55 PM Cities and towns across Illinois are fighting back against the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's new annual permit fees for wastewater treatment.

Updated: 6:52 PM The Illinois director of Agriculture has ruled that the state fair's junior champion steer should be disqualified.

Updated: 6:43 PM A jury Tuesday found a Winnebago County man guilty of killing his wife.

Updated: 10:27 PM While students enjoy summer vacation, administrators wonder who will be head of the class.

Updated: 4:56 PM Contract negotiations continue for Kelly Springfield union workers.

Updated: 10:29 PM A private plane makes an emergency landing at the Greater Rockford Airport earlier Monday.

Updated: 4:41 PM A July shooting is now being called Rockford's seventh homicide of the year.

Updated: 2:44 PM An analysis by the University of Chicago shows more than 150 Chicago suburbs face some difficult choices because of state budget cuts.

Updated: 1:01 PM If you think talking on the cell phone while at the gas pump is harmless, think again.

Updated: 1:03 PM Two boys were playing along the Rock River. One of the boys is not believed to be a good swimmer and died.

Updated: 1:37 PM A barrier collapses in Chicago.

Updated: 7:56 PM Health officials say they haven't seen signs yet that West Nile virus, now rapidly spreading through 16 other states, will do the same here.

Updated: 7:54 PM The Federal Aviation Administration says the design of the taxiways needs to be changed in the plan to expand Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Updated: 7:52 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration recalled three state projects Friday, hours after including them in a list of slated improvements.

Updated: 7:47 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich says his office will likely defend in court his firing of 40 state employees he says were part of a scheme to keep their jobs long after their terms expired.

Updated: 11:05 PM Drill prepares students for dorm fire.

Updated: 5:43 PM Sixteen-year-old driver strikes Roscoe girl.

Updated: 4:14 PM School children at several Rockford schools aren't getting the education they should.

Updated: 5:03 PM If you worry that your kids may be smoking, here's a study you might want to hear.

Updated: 5:07 PM A local politician is working to make sure students can ride their bikes to school.

Updated: 12:54 PM The president of the Chicago Board of Education is getting prepared for what he calls a "logistical nightmare'' because of a federally mandated school choice program.

Updated: 5:05 PM From gabbing to grooming, stateliners fall victim to driving distractions.

Updated: 3:58 PM Woman on trial for breast feeding her seven-month-old while driving on the Ohio turnpike.

Updated: 3:55 PM Garbage man alerted woman to the fire.

Updated: 4:00 PM You've heard of tattooing and body piercing, but what about tongue splitting?