ROCKFORD - Effective Jan. 1, violators of the Move Over Law, also known as Scott's Law, will be fined $250, up from $100, for a first offense and $750 for a subsequent offense.
MOSCOW - A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia's defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country's nuclear strike capability.
OAK PARK - An attorney who fought to help get people wrongly convicted of murder out of prison died Thursday morning after getting hit by a vehicle in suburban Chicago.
He was the Fun Guy. The board man who got paid. He overcame injury to reclaim his rightful place as one of the very best basketball players on the planet.