A Leon County Circuit Court judge has set July 12, 2010, as the day of jury selection in the trial of Gary Michael Hilton, who is charged with kidnapping and killing Crawfordville resident Cheryl Dunlap. The State Attorney's Office requested a date ...

The Orland Park Village Board is expected to consider video gambling again next month after two local pastors encouraged the board to ban it. "We need to do what's right for the people of the community," said Wendie Benton, pastor of the Woodland ...

The environmentalists were at it again. Complaining that the waterfront project was going to ruin their town. That the environmental impact studies were flawed. That the whole process was corrupt. The project proponents just didn't get it. Why wouldn ...

PROVIDENCE — A federal bankruptcy judge will allow the Twin River slot parlor to hire the former president of an Indiana casino company to oversee operations at the Lincoln gambling venue. John J. McLaughlin, formerly president of Centaur Gaming ...

Grandma collected one too many cookie jars? She may need rehab. Chronic dependence on things such as hoarding, shopping, playing video games and even using Twitter is being treated in Betty Ford-style clinics across North America, despite the fact ...

The tide appears to be turning against video gambling in Orland Park as village board members indicated Monday they will likely vote to ban it in the village. "I've been pretty vocal against video poker," Mayor Daniel McLaughlin said at Monday's ...

Orland Park will no longer hedge its bets on video gambling. The village board is expected to consider the issue at its Dec. 7 meeting, after several local pastors asked the board to prohibit it. "It's not right to label a cancer a cure," Wendie ...

Dan Sharp is no dummy. In various short-yardage situations, the Joliet Catholic Academy head football coach/offensive coordinator borrows inside linebackers Zach Dolph and Jake Stockman for his power package. The Hilltoppers call it their "Jumbo" set ...

Escambia County has joined other Florida counties in a lawsuit against several online travel Web sites the state attorney general says owes millions of dollars in uncollected taxes to Florida counties. The online travel booking sites Expedia and ...

Just like Mike. “Zach plays a lot like Singletary because he does his homework,” McLaughlin said. “He’s a straight-A student, so he ... He has an unbelievable feel for the game, and his reads are really good. Coming off the sidelines, he’s ...