Posted: 1:19 AM There's an even bigger push tonight to keep people safe on the roads. The Illinois legislature wants to ban cell phones from drivers statewide. It's already a law in some cities like Chicago.

Posted: 11:39 PM A 16-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after being shot.

Updated: 11:41 PM Washington state authorities say no fatalities in Interstate 5 bridge collapse.

Posted: 10:53 PM The jury in Jodi Arias' murder trial has been dismissed after failing to decide if she should receive the death penalty.

Updated: 11:24 PM President Barack Obama is outlining a narrowing terror threat that still imperils the nation but is now defined by smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of al-Qaida.

Posted: 10:42 PM On May 23rd, 2013 around 3:00 PM, Rockford Police Detectives arrested Jeffrey Lawson for Criminal Sexual Assault of a child.

Posted: 9:04 PM Cherry Valley Public Library closed due to water main break.

Updated: 8:46 PM A big development in the Marie’s Pizza murder trial, a jury has found Lamar Coates guilty of felony murder.

Posted: 5:49 PM Today the city of Rockford held the official groundbreaking for the major West State Street reconstruction.

Posted: 5:27 PM The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.

Updated: 1:41 PM We sometimes hear complaints about our local school districts, but it takes a community effort to make sure students succeed. And for District 205, Alignment Rockford is one of those voices.

Updated: 4:44 PM A majority of the conditions which resulted in the implementation of the No Wake order on the Rock River north of the Auburn Street Bridge in Winnebago County have subsided.

Posted: 3:51 PM Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato announced today that 33-year-old Jamie Dock was sentenced today to 375 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections in front of Judge McGraw after being found guilty after a jury trial on July 11, 2012 of charges of Armed Robbery (2 Counts) and Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (4 Counts).

Posted: 3:27 PM Attorney General Lisa Madigan today urged Illinois residents who want to donate to charitable efforts to help the victims of Monday’s devastating tornado in Oklahoma to watch out for fundraising scams by con artists seeking to exploit the disaster for their personal profit.

Updated: 11:24 PM Stateline couple, Brad and Sarah Lewis, are coordinating a donation drive for the victims of the recent tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

Updated: 12:30 PM Der Rathskeller restaurant says their gnome has come home.

Posted: 8:53 AM WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- A substitute teacher accused of making a threatening telephone call to a school board member during a teachers' strike has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.

Updated: 12:50 PM ROCKFORD (WIFR) - Westbound traffic is closed at the intersection of Interstate 90 and East State Street due to a car accident.

Updated: 5:26 PM WINNEBAGO COUNTY (WIFR) - Possible damage to an overhead sign has westbound traffic at a standstill at the intersection of Interstate 90 and U.S. Route 20 Thursday morning.

Posted: 8:06 AM MANITOWOC, Wis. -- The city of Manitowoc has received a $1 million grant from the federal government to clean up properties with environmental contamination.

Posted: 7:30 AM CHICAGO -- The population of Chicago has climbed but it climbed slower than any major city in the United States.

Posted: 5:45 AM WOODSTOCK, Ill. -- A 50-year prison sentence was handed a man convicted of killing an unarmed man lured to a McHenry County home for sex.

Posted: 4:07 AM MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Governor Scott Walker has announced a nearly $13 million effort to boost walleye production.

Posted: 1:41 AM Local law enforcement say they are cracking down on people not wearing their seat belts during the holiday weekend.

Posted: 1:33 AM Neighbors in Rockford's Rolling Green neighborhood say they're on the lookout for thieves stealing precious metal from vacant homes.