Updated: 7:08 PM Monroe Clinic has announced the results of it's 10th annual athletic performance testing program. Area students from Stockton and Durand Schools made the 2013 Top Male and Female Athletes list.

Updated: 4:49 PM In Stephenson County, a Dakota man was killed when his car went off the road.

Posted: 2:34 AM CHICAGO -- A defense attorney says prosecutors haven't denied that an expanded U.S. phone and internet surveillance program triggered an investigation that led to terrorism charges against a Chicago-area teenager.

Updated: 5:44 PM Construction is underway on the Highway 11 interchange in Wisconsin, just south of Janesville.

Posted: 10:33 PM What’s supposed to be the final hurrah of summer is now a big disappointment for Rockford’s economy.

Updated: 5:40 PM UPDATE: The driver of one of the vehicles is being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after being involved in a fatal accident in Rockford Thursday night.

Updated: 5:44 PM Gay rights advocates are hoping same-sex marriage isn’t that far off in Illinois.

Updated: 10:21 PM People who live in and around the Fairgrounds Valley Housing Complex downtown say they hear gunshots on a regular basis.

Updated: 5:20 PM Downtown Rockford buildings are looking the way they should, clear of any graffiti.

Updated: 5:21 PM The warm weather is finally back which makes most of us happy, but there are problems that come with the spring that are making some neighbors upset. Abandoned properties with overgrown weeds are causing hundreds of complaints.

Updated: 6:31 PM The Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) announced today that plans for a re-scheduled Labor Day Weekend Rockford AirFest have not developed and therefore the event is being cancelled.

Updated: 5:21 PM Most patients already have a weakened immune system which puts them more at risk for potentially deadly infections like MRSA, but a local hospital is investing in new technology to make sure their patients stay on the track to recovery.

Posted: 12:03 PM Voice command technology has gotten pretty good on our cell phones, but it might make us worse drivers.

Posted: 11:53 AM In honor of the restoration of its historical carousel by resident artist Dutch Akers, Santa’s Village Azoosment Park reached out to six local, not-for-profit organizations and provided each with a replica of a carousel horse to decorate.

Posted: 7:23 AM MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Assembly is set to pass a trio of Republican bills designed to discourage women from obtaining abortions and making the procedures more difficult to obtain.

Posted: 2:49 AM SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is planning a fresh vote on his own plan to reform public-employee pensions despite a request from the governor for compromise with the Senate.

Posted: 2:47 AM SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois transit advocates are proposing a plan to fix the state's deteriorating roads through a new tax that would raise the price at the gas pump, The Associated Press has learned.

Posted: 1:14 AM We were in the Winnebago County Emergency Operations Center to bring you a first-hand look at what they do when a storm like this powers through the Stateline.

Updated: 9:52 PM One injured, several buildings destroyed by twisters in Savanna.

Updated: 9:50 PM Criminal charges are filed against a former Stephenson County board member accused of lying about where she lived to get elected.

Posted: 6:23 PM Crime in Rockford typically goes up when the mercury rises, but so far this year that's not the case.

Posted: 6:16 PM It’s been a year and a day since a massive fire tore through the Meadow Mart Shopping Center, but the Loves Park strip mall is starting to see some new life.

Updated: 6:53 PM A Harlem High School grad who has made it to Hollywood comes back to his hometown to stand up to bullying. It’s a story you told us about on Facebook.

Updated: 5:32 PM Rockford (WIFR)--It's a tradition 27 years in the making, Stateline police departments coming together to raise money and awareness for the Special Olympics.

Updated: 7:39 PM A tornado watch is in effect until 9 p.m. for all N. IL counties in the viewing area.