Posted: 10:19 PM The newly sworn in aldermen on the Rockford city council got down to business on Monday, bringing new perspectives to the debate over video gaming in the Forest City.

Posted: 9:53 PM Police are identifying a suspect in the shooting of 19 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans.

Posted: 9:47 PM TV psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers died today.

Posted: 9:35 PM The Minnesota Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Posted: 9:34 PM The Internal Revenue Service says acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller was first informed in May 2012 that tea party groups were inappropriately targeted for scrutiny.

Posted: 9:31 PM The Department of Agriculture says just 17 percent of the Illinois corn crop has been planted this spring.

Updated: 10:51 PM The re-modeling of West State Street is underway and is already posing challenges for drivers and businesses along that stretch of road.

Posted: 6:34 PM Last Thursday evening, the Belvidere School District held its annual Local Scholarship Program awards ceremony inside the Performing Arts Center.

Posted: 6:30 PM Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois has completed another successful tax season.

Updated: 6:35 PM On the Pulse, Annette and Tifany say they’ve been seeing more snakes in their yard.

Updated: 5:22 PM Detectives say they strongly believe Timmothy Pitzen is still alive. He’s the six-year-old discovered missing when his mother committed suicide in a Rockford motel two years ago.

Updated: 10:24 PM The signs are clearly marked, but drivers keep breaking the law. Even though the sign at the intersection of North Main and Auburn says no turns, drivers and police say not everyone is paying attention to it.

Updated: 1:03 PM Today marks the end of an era for many local shoppers. Schnucks is removing the Hilander and Logli’s signs at stores across the Stateline.

Updated: 12:43 PM In April, just over $5 million went to the capital projects fund, but that’s a small fraction of what gamblers spent statewide.

Posted: 3:35 PM NiteLite Promotions is proud to present "An Evening of Blues, Rock, and Soul with Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang live at Coronado Performing Arts Center on Friday, September 20th at 8:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 17th at 10 a.m.

Posted: 2:40 PM A Philadelphia doctor accused of performing illegal, late-term abortions in a filthy clinic has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies born alive but acquitted in the death of a fourth baby.

Posted: 11:23 AM The FBI is helping search for two men who robbed a local bank at gun point this morning.

Updated: 5:44 PM ROCKFORD (WIFR) - Average gas prices in the Rockford area have risen almost three cents this week, averaging at $3.81 per gallon.

Posted: 4:38 AM MILTON, Wis. (WIFR) -- A man has been arrested in Wisconsin for his fifth OWI offense.

Posted: 4:29 AM MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. -- Mount Pleasant police have made an arrest in the death of a 3-year-old boy.

Updated: 1:30 AM ROCKFORD (WIFR) - A man has been arrested after shooting back at a suspect.

Updated: 10:56 PM Dozens of Stateline families have spent the last few weeks trying to get their lives back to normal after flood waters swamped their homes, but now those families are on their own since federal assistance was denied for our area.

Posted: 7:38 PM Police say that two of the 18 people shot in New Orleans during a neighborhood Mother's Day parade were children.

Posted: 5:18 PM Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon says she supports a bill that would allow the medical use of marijuana in Illinois.

Posted: 3:38 PM Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup.