Updated: 8:27 AM Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, American and British terrorism workers are coming together like never before, including Wednesday night in Rockford.

Updated: 5:36 PM How much more will the Byron Referendum cost the average homeowner? We break the numbers down for you.

Updated: 5:48 PM For the first time in 30 years, voters in the Byron School District are being asked to raise their property taxes. The November referendum is an effort to avoid major budget holes and cuts in the future.

Updated: 4:32 PM A Rockford man pleads guilty to a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Updated: 4:29 PM We still have a lot of time before the mayoral elections, but candidates like the mayor of Loves Park, are getting a head start on their campaigns during this political season.

Updated: 4:23 PM Democrat Barack Obama is spending a day of his U.S. Senate campaign in what could be considered enemy territory, DuPage County.

Updated: 1:32 PM Alan Keyes and Barack Obama both oppose gay marriage, but the issue produced some of the most confrontational moments of the third and final debate of their battle for the Senate.

Updated: 1:30 PM The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $57 million.

Updated: 9:13 PM It's been tried four times before and all efforts have failed.

Updated: 5:45 PM A fire destroyed a home on the city's southwest side Tuesday.

Updated: 1:25 PM The political spotlight is on Wisconsin Tuesday where President Bush campaigns in the west and John Kerry in the east.

Updated: 1:22 PM Dr. Richard Ragsdale, who frequently drew protests because of his commitment to abortion rights, has died. He was 69.

Updated: 1:35 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich Tuesday says state officials have found an additional 200,000 doses of the flu vaccine in Europe.

Updated: 10:28 PM A group of business leaders is trying to come up with the right equation for a new business opportunity.

Updated: 1:37 PM Each year residents near Whitman and 2nd Street hope they are on Rockford's construction calendar.

Updated: 6:34 PM With just seven days to go, the Rockford Board of Elections is busy making sure everything is in place for Election Day.

Updated: 10:50 PM The rumor began circulating as soon as talk of a new Wal-Mart in Belvidere began that the retail giant would run smaller, locally owned shops out of business.

Updated: 1:07 PM A man threatens bank tellers with a gun Monday morning at a bank on Rockford's southeast side.

Updated: 12:55 PM 130 soldiers from the 1158th National Guard Transportation Company prepare for their deployment and say goodbye to their loved ones during a sendoff ceremony Sunday.

Updated: 12:58 PM The University of Illinois is conducting a four-year study of West Nile disease.

Updated: 12:56 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich says his administration has negotiated a tentative agreement to purchase at least 30,000 flu vaccinations from British wholesalers.

Updated: 12:49 PM Nobody expected their lunch order to include an out of control van.

Updated: 12:53 PM Without online polls or costly campaigns, the candidates for the Winnebago County Board spend the weekend touching up signs and working neighborhoods for votes.

Updated: 9:24 PM The fourth Saturday in October is a day designated to make a difference. On this day a group of volunteers reached out to an elderly woman with no roof over her head.

Updated: 9:11 PM A look at who is leading the polls in Illinois.