Updated: 4:02 PM An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing three-year-old girl from the south side of Chicago.

Updated: 8:53 AM No schol might be the words echoed throughout Rockton.

Updated: 6:00 PM As garbage mounds grow higher throughout the Chicago area, a federal mediator joined negotiations in the strike by northern Illinois garbage handlers.

Updated: 5:58 PM A delegation of Illinois Health and Policy officials will travel to Canada Tuesday to evaluate its prescription drug system.

Updated: 5:55 PM Winnebago County has its first human case of West Nile virus this year.

Updated: 9:46 AM Rockford City Council approves the use of eminent domain to acquire property.

Updated: 6:35 PM The number of tickets Illinois State Police issued to motorists for not wearing safety belts has soared since a tougher law took effect.

Updated: 5:33 PM Two juveniles are charged in connection to a bb gun shooting Sunday night.

Updated: 5:22 PM A Whiteside County resident was sentenced for producing and distributing the drug methamphetamine.

Updated: 4:21 PM Manufacturer calls in temporary workers.

Updated: 9:01 AM A local woman needs help to reach our troops.

Updated: 10:21 AM The lines are long and the demand for entertainment is high.

Updated: 10:23 AM It's being called the largest methamphetamine bust in Winnebago County.

Updated: 6:06 PM Layoffs strike another Rockford manufacturer. This time Estwing Manufacturing Company eliminates 16 jobs.

Updated: 5:19 PM Some former Eagle Food stores are taking on a new name.

Updated: 3:49 PM A young man is dead after an accident on bypass 20.

Updated: 3:46 PM Teachers at a local college reach a tentative agreement.

Updated: 8:39 AM Teen's car crosses median and hit SUV.

Updated: 8:37 AM Collectors item auctioned off for Salvation Army.

Updated: 8:35 AM Anchor Harvey Union members on picket lines.

Updated: 5:04 PM A construction worker was injured this morning in a hit-and-run accident near the quad cities.

Updated: 5:03 PM Police are still learning what caused a five-vehicle pileup near Hampshire that left eight people dead.

Updated: 5:03 PM Another death in a car accident, this time in Boone County.

Updated: 5:19 AM A tour bus, three semi-trucks and a pick-up all involved in deadly accident.

Updated: 4:56 PM Rock Valley College cuts staff, raises tuition and is still in the red.