Updated: 10:57 PM The 10-year ban on assault weapons is set to expire.

Updated: 10:58 PM To combat against violent attacks estimated to happen in the U.S. every six minutes, a stateline center is hitting the mats to promote self-defense.

Updated: 7:45 PM On the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks, one stateline community remembers its area soldiers that contributed in fighting the War on Terror.

Updated: 7:47 PM On this third Anniversary of the September 11th attacks, people pause to remember how our nation hurt on that day.

Updated: 7:21 AM As the country nears September 11th, a local soldier looks back on her service in Iraq.

Updated: 6:42 PM Paving the way for improvements.

Updated: 1:57 PM The Illinois State Police need your help in locating a truck involved in a fatal crash that happened Thursday afternoon along Interstate 88.

Updated: 1:56 PM Toll Highway Authority Executive Director Jack Hartman says some truck drivers might find alternate routes to avoid higher tolls proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich on the state's tollway systems.

Updated: 1:53 PM "Empowering our society through diversity” is the goal of a new stateline publication set for its first release on Wednesday.

Updated: 12:55 PM It may sound unusual, but Friday morning bank officers from a stateline bank were washing car windows.

Updated: 12:54 PM The Chicago Cubs have submitted more details to the city on past repairs and renovations to Wrigley Field as part of an effort to obtain permits for the work.

Updated: 12:53 PM An Illinois truck driver has been charged in a fatal crash that took the lives of a woman and her young granddaughter in Madison.

Updated: 2:32 PM Illinois general election information.

Updated: 12:51 PM The 19th Annual Legislative Reception gives Rockford's Eiger Lab development project the center stage to local leaders and manufacturers.

Updated: 7:47 PM Vice President Dick Cheney may be a special guest speaker for a fundraising event taking place in DeKalb Saturday September 18, 2004.

Updated: 6:05 PM The terrorist attacks of September 11th brought out hundreds of local residents to give blood.

Updated: 11:33 AM A Rockford fitness center says yes to lifting weights in the wee hours, unveiling a new 24-hour schedule this week.

Updated: 9:21 PM The newest members of the Rockford Police Force were sworn in and a detective was awarded for saving a life on Wednesday afternoon.

Updated: 9:18 PM Nearly 400 sex offenders who are supposed to be registered in Illinois have fallen off the radar, but Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants to do something about it.

Updated: 2:20 PM Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he's pretty sure Jesus Christ hasn't endorsed anyone in Illinois' U.S. Senate race.

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Updated: 4:09 PM EAU CLAIRE, Wis.- The Menard company says a state complaint that it's improperly disposing of pollutants is absolute rubbish.

Updated: 12:50 PM Telephone customers are being warned about a telephone scam being run by inmates inside the Cook County Jail.

Updated: 12:47 PM Democratic Senate candidate Barack Obama Wednesday dismissed his opponent's claim that Jesus would not vote for Obama.

Updated: 9:18 AM It's been nearly two weeks since six students at Flinn Middle School were allegedly the target of racial profiling. Tuesday night, the Rockford School Board held a special meeting to discuss the matter and to determine what action, if any, should be pursued.