Updated: 10:50 PM Rockford's own traveling hip hop group Fatally Unique performed for students at Beyer Elementary School.

Updated: 1:32 PM Sesame Street Live took the stage Friday night inside the Big Orange Box.

Updated: 10:47 PM Michael Clarke Duncan's fiancee says the Oscar nominee for "The Green Mile" has died while being hospitalized following a July heart attack.

Posted: 12:05 PM Brantley Gilbert's, "Hell on Wheels Tour" with special guests Uncle Kracker, Greg Bates, and Brian Davis will play at the BMO Harris Bank Center on October 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

Posted: 8:52 PM Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, has died at age 95 in Los Angeles.

Posted: 11:32 PM There's a new exhibit at Burpee Museum called "Rick's Picks."

Posted: 7:30 PM NEW YORK (AP) -- The movie industry grappled Friday with the deadly Colorado shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," as one of the most anticipated films in years became enmeshed with a horrifying tragedy.

Updated: 1:32 PM The summer festival season goes into high gear this weekend. Not only is there the Stephenson County Fair but a bunch of other events going on.

Posted: 11:10 PM No event is seared in the memory of television viewers quite like the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Posted: 11:24 PM The first Dodge Dart commercial hit the airwaves during Major League Baseball's All Star Game.

Updated: 1:32 PM Rockford's juggling population is growing thanks to the "See a Juggler, be a Juggler Event" at the Discovery Center.

Posted: 10:36 PM A local Cosmetics Company, Colorlab is making an appearance on MTV's MADE "Dream Bigger".

Posted: 10:47 PM It was a picture perfect evening to be outdoors taking in the sights and the sounds at Sinnissippi Park.

Posted: 11:07 PM A judge in Chicago says he'll decide next month on the request for a new trial for the man convicted of killing three members of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's family.

Updated: 1:32 PM Illinois native Ray Bradbury has died at 91 after a lengthy career of writing everything from science-fiction to mystery to humor.

Posted: 8:30 PM Jim Paratore, who developed and steered series including "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "The Tyra Banks Show," as a Warner Bros. TV executive, has died. He was 59.

Posted: 6:45 PM A judge says physical barriers between trainers and killer whales are a viable way to prevent hazards to workers at SeaWorld parks.

Updated: 1:32 PM It’s the season for music festivals and fairs and Dixon will be getting a little bit of both this summer.

Posted: 10:41 PM It's festival and fair season and if you're a country music fan... You might want to check out the Boone County Fair this year.

Posted: 10:57 PM The Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver won the ABC dance show Tuesday.

Updated: 11:01 PM The disco queen, who performed pulsing anthems such as "Last Dance," "Love to Love You Baby" and "Bad Girl," died Thursday at age 63.

Posted: 11:42 PM Some call them the original boy band. New Edition has included Rockford in it's brand new tour.

Posted: 3:47 PM Jury reaches verdict in trial of man charged with murdering Jennifer Hudson's family members

Posted: 11:08 PM Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, whose 1960s wash-and-wear cuts freed women from endless teasing and hairspray, has died. He was 84.

Posted: 10:58 PM Deliberating jurors at the trial of the man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew are headed home without reaching a verdict.