Updated: 11:05 PM As part of Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's annual fundraiser, Vice-President Dick Cheney gave a 30-minute speech at the Northern Illinois Convocation Center.

Updated: 12:42 PM Two arrests are made in a shooting in Freeport Friday night.

Updated: 8:25 PM A grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will allow Rockford to build a 120 acre off-road park.

Updated: 6:48 PM A worker was pistol whipped and a customer was robbed. Just a few incidents that happened before 10 p.m. Thursday night.

Updated: 1:49 PM Sixty-three Wisconsin schools and 30 districts failed to meet standards for the first time during the past school year under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Updated: 1:46 PM It's Literacy Month and Secretary of State Jesse White is using this occasion to release $6.2 million in literacy grants around the state, and two facilities in the stateline will reap the benefits.

Updated: 1:11 PM A Rockford man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 1988 killing.

Updated: 1:09 PM A truckers group wants the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to give trucks with I-PASS a discount on tolls and offer reduced rates during the daytime.

Updated: 1:08 PM Airport leaders are in talks with Northwest and Frontier Airlines to bring daily flights to the stateline.

Updated: 5:30 PM Six Flags Incorporated announces plans to build a new water park in Gurnee.

Updated: 5:24 PM You may think the gas prices are high now, but it may get even worse within the next two years.

Updated: 3:06 PM The Rochelle Police Department arrested a man Wednesday for robbing a Rochelle gas station twice in 2003.

Updated: 2:04 PM Governor appoints special mediator to revive malpractice talks.

Updated: 2:01 PM MidAmerica Airport outside St. Louis will be getting a new tenant soon.

Updated: 1:50 PM Sinnissippi and Sandy Hollow Golf Courses are shutting down early in October after a lower golfer turnout and planned course construction.

Updated: 6:30 PM One of Survivor's 18 castaways this season has a stateline tie.

Updated: 4:45 PM High unemployment numbers in the stateline mean people are looking for jobs wherever they can find them, but the pressure to find work leaves many vulnerable for scams.

Updated: 1:02 PM Parents are not letting Rockford’s School Board forget about their concerns over racial profiling.

Updated: 4:28 PM The parent company of one stateline grocery store chain is reporting disappointing second-quarter earnings.

Updated: 4:17 PM There may be a little light at the end of the tunnel on the job front in Rockford.

Updated: 1:01 PM Rockford officials are working to get about $4 million in financial guarantees in the next three weeks to attract airlines to the city's airport.

Updated: 1:29 PM A chance to reach out to youth before they take the road to crime, gangs and drugs

Updated: 1:27 PM You will no longer be able to make walk-in appointments at the Human Services Energy Department.

Updated: 6:16 PM Tuesday the Rockford School Board will decide whether to expel 10 students for alleged gang activity.

Updated: 5:27 PM It's dubbed the world's oldest profession, so eradicating prostitution from a community is a trying and difficult task.