Posted: 4:31 PM Stressing the importance of offering nutritious meals to children during the summer months, the School District of Janesville announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program.

Posted: 2:01 PM Students representing the Challenge Program at Roosevelt and Madison Elementary Schools recently competed in the second of three meets for this year’s WordMasters Challenge™—a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 150,000 students annually.

Posted: 12:03 PM Descendants of the founders of Rosecrance accepted the organization’s highest award Monday night, April 15, to honor the legacy of a country doctor and his wife in whose name the original Rosecrance Memorial Home for Children was established in 1916.

Posted: 11:57 AM The Friends of the Estelle M. Black Library at Rock Valley College will host a fundraiser at Barnes & Noble in the CherryVale Mall on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Updated: 10:58 PM Tara Sheetz of Roscoe finished the Boston Marathon and was steps away from where explosions killed three people on Monday.

Posted: 10:49 PM A bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to more gun buyers may be in jeopardy, as more Republican senators are expressing opposition.

Updated: 1:43 AM A Montana resident charged with the murder of a Stateline man will not be facing the death penalty.

Updated: 11:26 PM Teachers picked up signs and formed a line outside the Winnebago School Board meeting.

Posted: 5:46 PM Quite a few area post offices are gearing up for a long night, as procrastinators continue to file in to mail off their tax forms.

Posted: 5:43 PM We've been telling you for weeks that the Harlem Toll Plaza was coming down and today Winnebago County made good on its promise.

Updated: 1:22 PM Thousands of shoppers in Rockford are being told to check their credit and debit card accounts.

Updated: 10:17 PM Below is a list of known runners participating in the Boston Marathon today from the Stateline area.

Posted: 7:27 AM Gas prices fell 5 cents last week in the Rockford area. That makes the average $3.54 per gallon, with the national average coming to $3.52 per gallon.

Posted: 2:08 AM DIXON, Ill. (AP) -- The community of Dixon has done away with so called coffee-funds after a scandal last year at Northern Illinois University.

Posted: 1:22 AM Rockford police are investigating a shooting early Monday morning in the 3600 block of Schalck Drive.

Updated: 1:34 AM It's an exhibit that has drawn in thousands of people from all over the world, and it can be only be seen in Rockford. On Sunday, Rick's Picks finally came to an end.

Posted: 9:29 PM The intersection at North Main and Auburn gets a facelift this summer. On Monday, demolition will kick off the work to create a new two-lane roundabout.

Posted: 7:47 PM The Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois is getting some help from Buffalo Wild Wings, and you can help too.

Posted: 7:39 PM A Rock County man is now in custody after attacking two people with an ax and then running from police.

Posted: 7:32 PM Rockford police are looking for the suspect who shot a man late last night.

Posted: 7:23 PM For the second time in a less than 24-hour period, a Rockford Burger King restaurant is robbed.

Posted: 5:27 PM She’s me many influential people and lived through some of our country’s most crucial moments and today she’s being honored by the Ethnic Heritage Museum for what she has done for the needy.

Posted: 9:34 PM A section of I-90 in South Beloit is now back open after a roll-over accident sends three people to the hospital by helicopter.

Updated: 9:27 PM Rockford Police are still searching for suspects after an east-side home is shot eight times. The home owner says it’s nothing new.

Posted: 8:53 PM Family and friends of a Natasha Cleary and her two sons walk to honor them and continue to seek justice for their murder.