The Illinois High School Association objects to proposed legislation that would give high school football players who have gone through military basic training waivers if they have not completed the minimum required 12 practices

Multiple arrests for LSD, cocaine and meth

Female juvenile attempted to cross in traffic at 28th and Broadway

A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Friday, Jan. 27, 2012:

A former Marine convicted of killing three women in Illinois has pleaded not guilty to murdering five more women in California.

A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds.

Some Missouri farmers whose land flooded last year say they are being left out of $215 million in federal disaster aid because they missed a deadline.

Police say a St. Louis woman who allegedly robbed an officer who responded to her call for help was caught when she used his bank card a short time later.