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Despite opposition from a labor union and a civil liberties organization, state Rep. Jerry Costello II's legislation putting restrictions on protests at funerals sailed out of House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
West Junior High and Abraham Lincoln Elementary, which share the same campus in the 800 block of Royal Heights Road in Belleville, were temporarily locked down Tuesday afternoon after two second-graders said they saw a woman walk near the school with a gun.
A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a reputed mob boss to 25 years in prison.
Newt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney's strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tuning his presidential campaign to place more emphasis on raising money, guarding his home turf and trying to avoid nasty quarrels with the front-runner.
Personally I enjoy getting junk mail, even if it is solicitations for charity that I never answer.
Wake Forest coach Jeff Bzdelik felt like he was watching a rerun of a horror movie Wednesday night.
Mexico's army says its troops seized 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco.