Updated: 3:01 PM The Illinois House Wednesday approved legislation to slow the growth of property taxes in areas where home values are skyrocketing.

Updated: 2:58 PM A Rockford area man who nearly drowned last year when his tractor flipped over in a muddy pond is recovering Wednesday from injuries he sustained in another tractor-related accident.

Updated: 1:05 PM A poll released Wednesday says fewer Wisconsinites asked about the war in Iraq think it's a success.

Updated: 12:59 PM The average price of gas is headed toward an all-time high in Wisconsin.

Updated: 12:54 PM Steak-n-Shake says it will try to stir up some new business by introducing a new line of two-flavor milkshakes.

Updated: 12:42 PM Two hundred workers at Chicago-based Bank One have lost their jobs as part of the bank's planned $55 billion merger with JP Morgan Chase.

Updated: 8:58 AM A woman is taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries after being hit by a car.

Updated: 8:56 AM A stove fire in a Rockford apartment building sends one person to the hospital.

Updated: 5:25 PM U.S. leaders under fire for not properly equipping troops in Iraq.

Updated: 4:50 PM The candidates for Illinois' vacant U.S. Senate seat both say they're best qualified to represent business interests in Washington, political allegiance aside.

Updated: 2:10 PM A 32-year-old Chicago man who died while serving in Iraq called his mom in Florida two days before his death to say her Mother's Day present was on the way.

Updated: 1:16 PM The body of Dorl Gates has been recovered more than a week after the 52-year-old Beloit man drowned while competing in a belly flop competition.

Updated: 1:17 PM A draft report written by a state commission warns the massive blackout that plunged the East Coast into darkness in August could hit Illinois.

Updated: 11:24 PM Nigerian check scam is back.

Updated: 11:20 PM Atwood Park, now a sanctuary for nature enthusiasts, was a much noisier, and more dangerous place back in the early 1900s, when the Camp Grant Rifle Range was located there.

Updated: 10:47 PM A home or the side of a building is the canvas some choose during the summer.

Updated: 10:41 PM ATWOOD PARK, NOW A SANCTUARY FOR NATURE ENTHUSIASTS, WAS A MUCH NOISIER, AND MORE DANGEROUS PLACE BACK IN THE EARLY 1900S, WHEN THE CAMP GRANT RIFLE RANGE WAS LOCATED THERE.

Updated: 10:41 PM Pantry shelves are thinning out.

Updated: 3:52 PM A local farmer is urging federal leaders to let mother nature clean up a superfund site on Rockford's southeast side.

Updated: 3:24 PM Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is backing State Senator Barack Obama in his run for the U.S. Senate.

Updated: 3:15 PM Two soldiers who returned to Wisconsin from Iraq to bury their sister killed in Baghdad have been given new homeland assignments.

Updated: 2:34 PM There's good news for Fannie May chocolate lovers.

Updated: 12:47 PM Beloit Township officials consider creating an ordinance tonight prohibiting anyone from diving off local bridges.

Updated: 12:49 PM It was a strange sight on a Madison golf course.

Updated: 12:55 PM Rockford firefighters put out three separate house fires within minutes of each other Monday morning. All three fires are being called suspicious and fire officials believe they’re all related.