SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee would seem to be the answer to their prayers, yet for many Christian conservatives in Iowa, he has not closed the deal for the Republican caucuses. Do they still like Mitt Romney? Are they intri...

School board members at West Chicago Community High School District 94 had their first discussion Tuesday on how to go about replacing Superintendent Lee Rieck when he retires in 2009. Board President Tony Reyes briefly mentioned several options at...

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Sen. John McCain, trying to build momentum toward a reprise of his 2000 New Hampshire primary victory, is piling up high-profile endorsements, including one from another political maverick, Sen. Joseph Lieberman. The Connecticut ...

Pingree Grove isn't wasting any time finding a replacement for James Bassett, its recently departed village manager. The town has hired the PAR Group, a Lake Bluff-based executive recruiting firm, to conduct a nationwide search for the next person w...

Associated Press In this picture released Wednesday by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf kisses Hajr-e-Aswad, the sacred stone, Tuesday during Umra pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Musharraf's wife...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Arthur H. Bremer, who simply reached through a crowd to shoot George Wallace, walked quietly out of prison Friday and into a society far safer for presidential candidates than it was when he paralyzed the Alabama governor. In the ...

Democratic state Sen. Terry Link of Waukegan has a primary challenger for the first time since being elected to his 30th District seat in 1996. Meanwhile, incumbent Lake County Board member Robert "Bob" Powers of Round Lake Beach is running to retai...