Rickia Junior (left) and Elinicia Johnson, both 19 and of Joliet, walk along as the snow falls on Chicago Street in downtown Joliet on Tuesday morning. (Liz Wilkinson Allen/Sun-Times Media)
Update: The National Weather Service has cancelled the blizzard watch for Will and Grundy counties but the severe winter storm warning is still in effect through 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Riders can use credit cards at 76 outlying Metra stations where there is a ticket agent on duty and at vending machines at the 14 busiest Metra Electric stations beginning today.
Bolingbrook survives Knights' three-pointers
Bolingbrook High School survived a first-quarter barrage of 3-pointers from Lincoln-Way Central and went on to defeat the Knights 66-53 Friday night in Southwest Suburban Conference play.
Channahon's Confederates
Historical researcher Gina Wysocki is convinced Confederate prisoners of war were once in Channahon, thanks to an eyewitness who claims to have seen the bodies when the abutments were sunk to build the Interstate 55 bridge -- Smith bridge -- near the Des Plaines River.
Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty to manslaughter
Michael Jackson’s doctor has pleaded not guilty to involuntary
manslaughter in the death of the pop star. Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25, entered his plea Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court just hours after he was charged. He could face up to four years in prison if convicted. Murray was charged early Monday, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star's stunning death last summer. • Case delayed to Monday for Michael Jackson's doctor
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