Updated: 10:32 PM Almost three weeks after he disappeared in Cherry Valley, a stateline mother of a soldier who returned from Afghanistan is holding out hope for his safe return.

Updated: 8:19 PM President George Bush's campaign trail leads to Janesville Friday. He's expected to meet about 1,500 party faithfuls at the Holiday Inn Express.

Updated: 5:31 PM Airport, airline and Rockford leaders will remain quiet over the next few days in hopes of ironing out an agreement to add one or more airlines to the Greater Rockford Airport.

Updated: 3:25 PM Dates for Presidential and Vice Presidential debates.

Updated: 2:05 PM CBS News acknowledged this week that it cannot prove the authenticity of disputed memos featured in the report and that, therefore, it was a mistake to use them.

Updated: 2:01 PM The number of Illinois workers killed on the job is up slightly.

Updated: 1:58 PM “Stop the violence, stop the killing” is the message in neighborhood along South Main.

Updated: 4:56 PM As the demand for college enrollment increases, one stateline school has to take steps to control it.

Posted: 4:51 PM They've been passive for too long. Now, the Rockford Area Council of 100 says it has a whole new plan for economic development.

Updated: 1:38 PM A Janesville man is killed after rear-ending a farm tractor in Rock County.

Updated: 1:36 PM Rockford police are looking for three men who forced their way into a home on the city's west side.

Updated: 1:35 PM Police in Springfield say they've apprehended a 24-year-old man accused of killing an unarmed security guard at the state Capitol.

Updated: 1:34 PM The Illinois Tollway System is gearing up for some big changes, but what will this cost drivers?

Updated: 5:58 PM The Wisconsin Department of Public Education has a promise: "a quality education for every child."

Updated: 5:51 PM President Bush will be stumping in our neck of the woods on Friday.

Updated: 5:00 PM One of our very own hospitals in the stateline is named one of the nation's top hospitals.

Updated: 1:30 PM Most of us have cell phone insurance, but are we just throwing our money away?

Updated: 12:58 PM A new poll has found that more than two-thirds of Illinois voters would choose Democrat Barack Obama over Republican Alan Keyes for U.S. Senate.

Updated: 12:56 PM According to a new poll, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has a solid approval rating.

Updated: 4:36 PM Statements from the news division and Dan Rather.

Updated: 12:45 PM A center in Rockford that serves abused and neglected children faces an uncertain future.

Updated: 12:43 PM Illinois' schools superintendent was placed on a leave of absence Monday and plans are underway to replace him.

Updated: 12:41 PM Illinois is setting a new record on the road.

Updated: 11:18 PM After a weekend in which two shootings and a stabbing make stateline headlines, Ceasefire Rockford is working to increase the peace.

Updated: 11:15 PM A motorcycle accident in Rock County has claimed the life of a Beloit man.