Updated: 3:04 PM First it was Seattle, then the West Coast, then most big U.S. cities, and more recently it was Rockford.

Updated: 12:43 PM The Reverend Harvey Nicholson says his calling in life is to be a preacher, but lately he's been on call too.

Updated: 1:11 PM Officials say they'll recommend that the contractor involved in the collapse of a southwest side thrift-store be prohibited from bidding on city construction projects for one year.

Updated: 12:40 PM Congressional investigators say the Chicago Public School District allowed $5 million worth of computer equipment to languish in a warehouse for years.

Updated: 12:44 PM A central Illinois truck driver is charged with reckless homicide in a crash that killed a woman and two of her grandchildren.

Updated: 12:37 PM United Airlines is recalling 600 more flight attendants who were on voluntary furlough.

Updated: 8:16 AM Teacher attacked after school

Updated: 8:11 PM What does the Rockford Diocese know in the alleged sexual abuse case of now suspended Belvidere priest Mark Campobello?

Updated: 4:41 PM Unemployment benefits to expire for hundreds of local workers.

Updated: 3:17 PM It could be the last shipment of its kind, and hundreds of customers lined up to make sure they got a piece of it.

Updated: 3:15 PM Jobs and job loss remain a major issue in northern Illinois.

Updated: 3:23 PM Unemployment continues to rise in the stateline.

Updated: 2:46 PM That beat the European airplane manufacturer's own forecast of 300 and made it the market leader over Chicago-based Boeing for the first time.

Updated: 1:20 PM A Chicago alderman has proposed banning pit bulls from the city.

Updated: 12:57 PM Four Fulton County residents must each pay a $1,500 fine for hunting illegally at a central Illinois wildlife refuge.

Updated: 2:14 PM Illinois State Police Thursday morning arrested two men on Interstate 80 with more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana in their van.

Updated: 12:54 PM Lawrence Eppley has been re-elected chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

Updated: 5:05 PM Chapdelaine talks about firing from RVC.

Updated: 4:34 PM It's one way to keep drunk drivers off the roads.

Updated: 8:07 PM Rockford police catch a robber in the act early Tuesday morning.

Updated: 4:24 PM A new poll suggests Illinois voters would support an income tax increase.

Updated: 1:06 PM A state lawmaker is again sponsoring legislation that would ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption in Illinois.

Updated: 12:15 PM State agriculture officials say a new laboratory in Springfield will help ensure that export markets remain open to Illinois farmers.

Updated: 12:13 PM New York's Empire State Building will honor one of southern Illinois' most famous exports: Popeye the Sailor Man.

Updated: 12:12 PM Twenty-five former state employees are suing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for improperly firing them last year.