Updated: 4:14 PM He was a 14-year veteran of the Riverdale Police Department and the father of two teenage daughters.

Updated: 4:12 PM The hearing, which was scheduled for next week, has been cancelled.

Updated: 4:05 PM Damage is estimated at $40,000.

Updated: 5:42 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich says Illinois should keep its law banning same-sex marriages.

Updated: 5:18 PM Forreston High student dies in crash, two others injured.

Updated: 4:37 PM Foreign policy, abortion and education were hot topics.

Updated: 4:35 PM A memorial has been set for this Saturday to honor Rockford radio host Chris Bowman.

Updated: 4:40 PM Rockford firefighters say a space heater is to blame for a house fire on the city's northwest side.

Updated: 2:33 PM There's now more evidence to confirm that the powder found in a senate office this week does contain a deadly poison.

Updated: 2:02 PM The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says the amount of household hazardous waste brought into long-term collection sites doubled last year.

Updated: 1:27 PM The commission that's looking into the 9/11 attacks will apparently have more time to do its job.

Updated: 4:26 PM Community remembers WNTA's Chris Bowman.

Updated: 3:50 PM Illinois government has done such a poor job of tracking its property that the official record doesn't even list Abraham Lincoln's tomb.

Updated: 3:48 PM Top Illinois republicans are calling for elimination of the lieutenant governor's office and consolidation of the state treasurer and comptroller.

Updated: 3:46 PM The field of democratic presidential contenders could go from seven to two or three by the end of the day.

Updated: 2:45 PM Gov. Blagojevich is a couple years away from a re-election bid, but he's already building up his campaign warchest in a big way.

Updated: 2:43 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich Tuesday signed legislation that will create a new tax on Illinois hospitals that will help them qualify for even more federal health care funds.

Updated: 12:45 PM FBI keeps anthrax investigation "active and ongoing."

Updated: 12:44 PM More tests today for suspicious powder.

Updated: 12:40 PM Police continue investigating deadly shooting at high school.

Updated: 1:24 PM Key prosecution witness expected to testify in Martha Stewart trial.

Updated: 10:26 PM No vote on Rockford budget.

Updated: 4:44 PM Levitating magnets, lasers and flowers dipped in liquid nitrogen...

Updated: 4:40 PM A shooting at a Washington, D.C. high school leaves one teenager dead.

Updated: 4:25 PM A government source says the specific terrorist threats that led to the cancellation of seven flights have passed.