10 stories you might have missed this weekend

1. Known simply as "The Big One," World War II featured a series of small, intimate moments with life and death hanging in the balance. Two suburban veterans remember what could have been their last days on earth in Burt Constable's column.

2. Medical marijuana will be legal and for sale starting today in eight Illinois towns, including Mundelein, North Aurora, Addison and Schaumburg.

3. People involved with law enforcement Explorer programs in other towns are shocked that the Fox Lake program had enough money to allow large-scale theft. "It's a stunning amount of money," said Mike Hale, a Boy Scout executive.

4. Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was publicly lauded as a hero soon after his death in September, but village personnel records show some of his colleagues raised 20 concerns about his work.

5. Aurora police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man on the city's southwest side Saturday. While there was no clear motive immediately, police said evidence indicates the killing might have been drug-related.

6. Arlington Heights resident Paul Platt, 43, has amassed a collection of more than 600 T-shirts that he stores in a spare bedroom. We ask him why in this week's INfrequently Asked Questions.

7. Parents, lawyers and Fox News aren't the only ones talking about the controversy surrounding locker room access for a transgender student in Palatine-Schaumburg township High School District 211. Students also are getting in on the debate.

8. Naperville's Healing Field of Honor was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, which claimed the lives of more than 58,000 troops, in a ceremony Saturday.

9. Police in Woodstock say it appears a juvenile was acting in self-defense when he stabbed a 19-year-old man during an altercation. No charges have been filed, and the stabbing victim remained hospitalized over the weekend in stable condition.

10. One of the state's top gambling officials says Illinois is "actively investigating" whether to regulate the controversial daily fantasy sports websites that have faced increasing heat in recent months.