Updated: 12:31 PM Winnebago County board chairman, Kris Cohn, will not run again for reelection.

Updated: 6:25 PM Tough economic times take a toll on local charities. More people are in need of assistance this Christmas and regular donors can't afford to give this year. But we can still help without putting a big dent on our pocketbook.

Updated: 3:47 PM Winnebago County sheriff's police crack down on drunk drivers

Updated: 3:33 PM A cab ride ends in gunfire on Rockford's west side early Monday morning.

Updated: 3:42 PM We've all heard about leash laws for dogs, but how about including cats in the mix?

Updated: 1:19 PM Her family has no idea where she is. Maybe you do?

Updated: 1:20 PM For some of us, 9/11 is a moment we will never forget. For others, December 7, 1941 is all to real.

Updated: 1:22 PM The 244th Army Liaison unit is back on American ground.

Updated: 2:58 PM He was lost and now he is found.

Updated: 1:24 PM County health departments running low on flu shots.

Updated: 8:35 PM If you're waiting to send out holiday cards and packages you're not alone. December 15th is the biggest mailing day of the year, and the push is on to get to the post office.

Updated: 4:45 PM There's more positive news on the job market.

Updated: 4:27 PM A new visitors center opens at the Greater Rockford Airport.

Updated: 4:25 PM A child starts a fire in a Rockford apartment building.

Updated: 4:44 PM Some say address lacked solutions.

Updated: 11:17 AM President Bush lifted steel tariffs Thursday.

Updated: 3:10 PM He failed to show up in court Thursday.

Updated: 3:09 PM Rockford police are investigating the murder of an elderly woman.

Updated: 9:06 PM Weekly flights to central Europe from Rockford; the U.S. ambassador from Hungary visits the Greater Rockford Airport to see if that idea has wings.

Updated: 5:16 PM Rockford school board members have been talking about it all week, but now the district says it's official.

Updated: 5:14 PM It's something most of us don't want to think about.

Updated: 5:13 PM A Rockford-area group says there's no need for an airport in the Chicago suburb of Peotone.

Updated: 4:03 PM As the toll plaza comes down, new I-pass lanes are being erected.

Updated: 3:57 PM Beloit fire investigators say the hazardous chemical spill at a jewelry store Monday was tear gas.

Updated: 3:50 PM She says its time to take the 'men only' sign off the White House.