BONNE TERRE, Mo. - A Missouri inmate with a rare condition that affects the blood vessels was handed a reprieve less than two hours before his scheduled execution, but the state may end up killing him later Wednesday if the U.S. Supreme Court says i...

New federal guidelines designed to stop school districts from discriminating against undocumented immigrants may create a dilemma for local school officials in determining how old students are and in what grade they belong. The U.S. Department of E...

Retailers are used to throwing big sales. On Tuesday, it was investors who unloaded shares in several big retail chains, dragging down U.S. stocks and wiping out small gains from a day earlier. Disappointing earnings from Staples, Dick's Sporting Go...

ST. LOUIS - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued an order halting the planned execution of a Missouri inmate about an hour before it was to take place. Alito's order issued late Tuesday does not explain why he suspended the scheduled execu...

Several Fox Valley area school districts and colleges will be beefing up security on campuses with federal funding released in the wake of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency rec...

Pension penalties fall, but some schools owe $100,000-plus Elgin Area Unit District U-46 and Community Unit District 300 were hit with six-figure penalties for giving pension-boosting pay hikes to retiring educators in the last school year, des...

A Round Lake Beach man is being held in Lake County jail on $100,000 bond after authorities said, he sneaked a plastic novelty lighter that resembled a gun past a security checkpoint at the county courthouse in Waukegan and showed it to a security ...

Stocks finished slightly higher on Monday, adding to the small gains the market carved out at the end of last week. A dearth of fresh economic data had many investors focusing on headline-grabbing corporate deals, including a $48.5 billion bid by AT...