Even though his trial has been delayed, Drew Peterson will stay in jail. Peterson's trial for the murder of Kathleen Savio (his third wife) has been delayed while prosecutors appeal the judge's decision to keep out many of the hearsay evidence they planned on using. Peterson's defense hoped to get Peterson out of jail after the delay and have promised an appeal of today's decision. more ›

With his trial for the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio slated to start Thursday, Drew Peterson has received a reprieve as his trial was delayed. The prosecution is appealing a ruling that tosses out several hearsay statements that were to be used at the trial as evidence against Peterson under the new controversial law passed in 2008. In the meantime, defense attorneys for Peterson have asked for his release from prison. more ›

• A 17-year-old was shot in the back outside Hubbard High School this afternoon; at last report, the student was in critical condition.
• The Tribune's recent series on felons in nursing homes inspired another sweep today by authorities that resulted in eight arrests.
• The judge presiding over the Drew Peterson hearsay case ruled that a minister can testify about conversations he had with missing fourth wife Stacy but not about conversations he had with Drew.

• A hearing on whether or not to allow hearsay statements in to the murder trial of Drew Peterson has been set for January 19.
• Speaking of Peterson, a tree and plaque honoring missing fourth wife Stacy was stolen.
• Separating fact from fiction on H1N1.

Gun charges against Drew Peterson stemming from a semi-automatic weapon police seized were dismissed this afternoon after prosecutors refused to cooperate with a judge's ruling. The judge had ruled that prosecutors had to turn over to the defense all documents they compiled before they arrested Peterson on the gun charge. Attorneys for Bolingbrook's Most Notorious Ex-Husband™ claim the charge was a case of vindictiveness. So it looks like we will be prevented from seeing the awesomeness of John Travolta testifying on behalf of Drew. more ›

Governor Rod Balgojevich will more than likely perform an amendatory veto on legislation regarding allowing hearsay in first-degree murder trials. According to the Trib, the bill, "would allow a judge to decide at a pretrial hearing whether hearsay testimony could be admitted into court if the prosecution could prove that the defendant made the witness disappear." The current incarnation of the bill, which passed both the state House and Senate, currently does not include an effective date. Such an exclusion would mean the bill wouldn't go into effect until July 1, 2009, but Blagojevich wants to make the bill effective immediately. The bill's sponsor, Sen. A.J. Wilhelmi (D- Joliet), said, "The governor's likely going to do an amendatory veto, and the amendatory veto is going to make it clear that the bill is effective immediately. It's unfortunate that this got left out, but we're making sure that the bill...is corrected." more ›