Posted: 3:05 PM On Saturday May 4, 2013 the Rochelle Police Department responded to Super Walmart reference a retail theft.

Posted: 2:34 PM During the past several days the Rockford Police Dept. has received numerous reports from citizens and local banking institutions regarding an attempted telephone scam that is occurring in the greater Rockford area.

Updated: 4:46 PM One of the men wanted in connection with Belvidere’s gas station murder has been captured.

Posted: 1:00 PM An Illinois Senate proposal to allow the carrying of concealed weapons would let large cities add to the list of places considered off limits to guns.

Posted: 11:41 AM Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.

Updated: 2:47 PM Rock Valley College’s Dental Hygiene Program is looking for patients who have not received regular routine dental hygiene (cleanings) for at least five years.

Updated: 5:28 PM Alexander Castillo, the Janesville man accused of killing a Rockford couple in their home in 2010, has been sentenced to life in prison.

Updated: 10:20 AM Angelina Jolie says she's had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that makes it extremely likely she'll get breast cancer.

Posted: 7:24 AM CHICAGO -- Donald Trump is set to testify Tuesday at a civil trial where he's accused of enticing investors to buy condos at his Chicago skyscraper with promises of profit-sharing, then quietly reneging on them.

Posted: 7:22 AM MOSCOW -- Russia's security services say they detained a U.S. diplomat they claim is a CIA agent after they caught him red-handed trying to recruit a Russian agent.

Updated: 12:40 AM The Janesville Police Department announces the hiring of two new police officers starting May 13, 2013. The new officers are as follows.

Updated: 12:31 AM Attorney Frank Perrecone will be honored as the Italian American Man of the Year 2013 at the Ethnic Heritage Museum on Sunday June 2nd, 2013.

Updated: 6:41 PM The Village of Hillcrest will receive a $60,600 grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation for their solar panel project.

Posted: 10:19 PM The newly sworn in aldermen on the Rockford city council got down to business on Monday, bringing new perspectives to the debate over video gaming in the Forest City.

Posted: 9:53 PM Police are identifying a suspect in the shooting of 19 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans.

Posted: 9:47 PM TV psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers died today.

Posted: 9:35 PM The Minnesota Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Posted: 9:34 PM The Internal Revenue Service says acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller was first informed in May 2012 that tea party groups were inappropriately targeted for scrutiny.

Posted: 9:31 PM The Department of Agriculture says just 17 percent of the Illinois corn crop has been planted this spring.

Updated: 10:51 PM The re-modeling of West State Street is underway and is already posing challenges for drivers and businesses along that stretch of road.

Updated: 6:35 PM On the Pulse, Annette and Tifany say they’ve been seeing more snakes in their yard.

Updated: 5:22 PM Detectives say they strongly believe Timmothy Pitzen is still alive. He’s the six-year-old discovered missing when his mother committed suicide in a Rockford motel two years ago.

Updated: 12:55 PM After pleading guilty on April 30th, 2013, Julie Cedarleaf has been sentenced to 24 months of court supervision.

Updated: 10:24 PM The signs are clearly marked, but drivers keep breaking the law. Even though the sign at the intersection of North Main and Auburn says no turns, drivers and police say not everyone is paying attention to it.

Updated: 1:03 PM Today marks the end of an era for many local shoppers. Schnucks is removing the Hilander and Logli’s signs at stores across the Stateline.