Updated: 2:06 PM Two Illinois Marines have died in separate incidents in Iraq.

Updated: 12:57 PM The Rockford City Council looks at where potential casino revenues should go.

Updated: 1:01 PM Rockford public school custodians get ready to hear about their future in the district.

Updated: 5:53 PM Exhibiting the right of freedom of speech can often be a slippery slope, given the current nature of our country in the post 9/11 era.

Updated: 5:46 PM TARGET HAS BEGUN CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN DEKALB. IT'S A PROJECT THAT WILL LIKELY CREATE MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND JOBS FOR STATELINE WORKERS.

Updated: 4:07 PM A survey shows residential natural gas prices are a third higher than they were a year ago in Wisconsin.

Updated: 4:04 PM Interim State School Superintendent Randy Dunn says he's trying to build "a more cost-efficient agency."

Updated: 1:03 PM On the heels of the fall veto session for Illinois lawmakers, those on both sides of the casino issue debate the likely discussions to bring a casino to Rockford.

Updated: 11:33 AM Police in the northern Illinois community of Freeport are investigating its first homicide of the year.

Updated: 1:01 PM Freeport police investigate their first murder in years.

Updated: 1:05 PM Cold Cases are the toughest to solve, but the ones that require the spotlight.

Updated: 1:06 PM The number of homicide cases in Rockford this year is now six.

Updated: 10:57 PM A 23-year-old Rochelle woman is honored in a special benefit five months after surviving a broken neck in a car accident.

Updated: 10:55 PM After 7 hours deliberating, a local jury comes back with a guilty verdict.

Updated: 10:42 PM Winnebago County residents with leaves piling up could see some relief.

Updated: 10:01 PM Days before local representatives head downstate for the fall veto session, lawmakers discuss important road projects they'll push for in the coming weeks.

Updated: 8:43 PM The opening of a new leisure store, The Great Escape, marks another addition of commercial development on East Riverside and I-90.

Updated: 5:44 PM U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says he'll run for Democratic whip in the new Senate, adding that he already has the votes to get the job.

Updated: 5:35 PM General Motors is recalling about one and-a-half million cars in four separate recalls.

Updated: 5:33 PM Rockford will soon be home to a $40 million heart and vascular center at Swedish American Hospital. This new facility will be one of a kind in the stateline area.

Updated: 2:09 PM A man robbed a cash store on Rockford's southeast side Friday morning.

Updated: 1:06 PM Charges are filed against two men in connection with a fatal car accident that happened back in August.

Updated: 1:08 PM Hamilton Sundstrand lays off 275 employees at its Rockford plant Friday.

Updated: 1:10 PM Parents and community members discuss two options for building a new high school in the growing Belvidere School District.

Updated: 1:02 PM Local car donation charities react to a federal decision to reduce tax write-offs for donated vehicles.