Updated: 12:44 PM A shooting at what used to be known as N&N Food and Liquor.

Updated: 12:45 PM Nineteen students face expulsion or suspension Tuesday night at Rockford's School Board meeting.

Updated: 9:16 PM Firefighters dedicated to saving lives also lose some of their own that die in the line of duty.

Updated: 9:14 PM A local apple orchard speaks out on how the early frost and cool summer weather affected apple crops.

Updated: 10:35 PM The numbers are in as to just how much a presidential visit can cost law enforcement.

Updated: 10:14 AM A piano prodigy is playing his way to success.

Updated: 10:02 AM A Rockford township highway employee levels several charges against the department's management team that labeled the claims absurd.

Updated: 5:42 PM Freecycle provides individuals and non-profit organizations an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items.

Updated: 5:23 PM Private First Class Kelly Ward is back home on a special mission. The soldier who has been serving in Iraq for the past eight months wanted to surprise his family.

Updated: 4:02 PM The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says we should consider dropping off household hazardous waste at planned collection sites to keep chemicals out of homes.

Updated: 3:16 PM Rockton Township will receive new bike trails after receiving a nearly $200,000 construction grant through the Opportunity Returns Program.

Updated: 3:20 PM Two Rockford residents are able to escape safely after fire breaks out in their home Friday.

Updated: 1:59 PM Some results from a telephone survey of 600 Wisconsin residents conducted Sept. 22 to Sept. 26 by Harris Interactive and paid for by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.

Updated: 1:58 PM The Illinois Army National Guard says a soldier based in east-central Illinois has been killed in Iraq.

Updated: 12:49 PM The YWCA is partnering with Shelter Alliance and local businesses in an effort to help victims of domestic violence.

Updated: 12:47 PM In the first of six community forums, Belvidere residents hear and give ideas about the future of their school district.

Updated: 12:45 PM In their seventh meeting, the Mallquist Park Neighborhood Watch discussed their progress in making their streets safer.

Updated: 5:47 PM The more people you get, the more cars you have, and with more cars you get more accidents. That's the situation residents in western Boone County are facing.

Updated: 5:34 PM Thursday a local soldier thanks a Rockford Retirement Community Center for sending a care package while she was stationed in Iraq.

Updated: 12:44 PM On the day his two daughters are returned safe and unharmed, the father speaks out.

Updated: 12:40 PM A student attacked at East High School believes his attack was part of gang violence.

Updated: 4:47 PM Crime numbers nationwide have dropped, so why are our jails more crowded than ever?

Updated: 3:54 PM Loves Park police are searching for two children who have been missing since 8:45 a.m.

Updated: 1:32 PM The registration deadline to vote has passed, but local election offices are predicting high numbers.

Updated: 1:36 PM A new poll shows Democrat Barack Obama with a 45-percentage-point lead over Alan Keyes in the U.S. Senate race.