Updated: 7:56 PM Another day of waiting for one of the hottest commodities around.

Updated: 7:53 PM The hope that a batch of flu vaccines would pass the test is gone.

Updated: 8:57 PM Just months before scheduled construction between Orth and Springbrook Road, homeowners are concerned the project could reach their doorstep.

Updated: 5:18 PM Rockford police arrest a juvenile for allegedly vandalizing and stealing cars at a local dealership.

Updated: 5:11 PM It's been spreading a palette of color across Rockford's midtown district for four years.

Updated: 12:58 PM John Kerry is expected to tell voters in Wisconsin that President Bush's record on jobs and taxes has helped special interests, not their interests.

Updated: 12:55 PM The nationwide flu vaccine shortage means most of us won't be eligible to get vaccinated this year. Here in Rockford we're expected to receive less than half of our usual 60,000 flu vaccines.

Updated: 12:52 PM President Bush brings his campaign to Oshkosh later today after stopping in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Updated: 12:50 PM The Cook County medical examiner's office says a woman who collapsed on a sidewalk while standing in line for tickets to the "Oprah Winfrey Show" died of a brain hemorrhage.

Updated: 12:48 PM The Chicago Sun-Times has endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama.

Updated: 12:46 PM Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's supporters in Illinois are in grass-roots mode. They're setting up phone banks and writing letters to newspaper editors.

Updated: 12:44 PM An Orangeville man is dead after a one car accident west of Rockton Thursday night.

Updated: 11:17 PM Strangers come together to brainstorm about the Rockford school district.

Posted: 5:41 PM The only thing consistent about voter turnout has been its decline.

Updated: 5:16 PM For 88 years, Rosecrance has been passing on a mission of help, hope and recovery.

Updated: 4:31 PM Illinois Republicans have a tough road ahead in November's elections for the General Assembly.

Updated: 11:02 PM Thursday morning at Lewis Lemon Elementary in Rockford, students had the unique opportunity to learn all about the blues.

Updated: 4:27 PM An ethics group is accusing Republican Senate candidate Alan Keyes of violating federal election law by working with an organization targeting his opponent.

Updated: 4:26 PM Wittman Regional Airport will host President Bush's campaign rally Friday, but the president won't land there.

Updated: 4:24 PM A Marine reservist from Racine is killed in Iraq.

Updated: 5:10 PM Some of our local corn will soon be feeding chickens in Columbia.

Updated: 2:32 PM Two businesses robbed within hours.

Updated: 12:56 PM Rockford transportation leaders gathered public thoughts on a new road proposal that has some residents concerned.

Updated: 12:55 PM Voters in Beloit discussed with 23 News their thoughts on 2004's debate format, and the importance of Wisconsin on the road to the White House.

Updated: 9:00 PM A Stephenson County board member will soon be deployed to Iraq.