Two of Drew Peterson’s close friends wore wiretaps and recorded every detail of private conversations between them and the former Bolingbrook police sergeant who is the prime suspect the disappearance of his fourth wife, according to media reports.

Watch out for the fashion police. They’re watching out for you.

Members of Teamsters Local 705, the second-largest local union in the country with about 11,000 members, authorized a strike Sunday, July 20 effective Aug. 1.

Springfield State Journal-Register Publisher Scott Bowers will become publisher of both The State Journal-Register and the Rockford Register Star, and Mike Kreppert has been promoted to general manager of SJ-R.

Presented by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, “The Civil War” is the first of what stage director and producer Phil Funkenbusch hopes will be many outdoor stage productions at adjacent Union Square Park.

Lawsuits alleging wrongdoing on the part of Winnebago County, the Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Boomer are the next steps in an already more than two-year legal battle between law enforcement officials and the Bachman family of Winnebago.

Work is under way on a massive pipeline project that will have the ability to pump 400,000 barrels of Canadian crude oil underneath Boone County farmland each day. The county’s role in the project is small, just an additional 24-mile strip of land on a project that with more than 620 miles of new pipeline. But it will bring a bustle of activity to the normally serene rural portions of the county.

This summer it is important to be careful when offering seasonal treats to our pets. There are many things commonly fed to our animals that can be hazardous.

The number of vehicles registered in the Rock River Valley was up 1.1 percent in April compared with April 2007, powered by a surprising surge in new car and truck sales. It marked the first time since December 2006 that vehicle registrations were up year-over-year.

If Victoria L. Powers wants to be a cat burglar, she should hire a baby sitter. In the saddest criminal case in recent memory, Powers, 25, dragged along her daughters -- ages 5 and 7 -- as she allegedly broke into her ex-boyfriend's business, stole checks and swiped his van by crashing through a fence Friday night.

Lovie Smith describes Chicago’s “dead even” quarterback competition as “between Rex and Kyle, or Kyle and Rex. However you want to say it.” The one way the Bears coach wouldn’t say it was “Brett Favre.”

Experiencing grass-finished beef is "tasting beef for the first time . . . an all-time high, a thrill" says farmer, Ph.D. and cookbook author Shannon Hayes.

Three recipes to try at home

As though members of the U.S. military don't face enough danger while serving in Iraq, their health and safety also are being compromised by incompetence and neglect.

A coalition of conservation and environmental groups called Tuesday for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to put off implementing $14 million in budget cuts for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.