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• The Illinois Department of Transportation planned to send a fleet of 360 trucks to plow roadways in northeastern Illinois early Tuesday, with a total of 600 throughout Northern Illinois.
• The storm is creating wet, heavy snow -- known euphemistically as "heart attack snow" -- which could pose a risk when it comes time to shovel for the elderly, sedentary people or those who have heart problems.
• "Shoveling snow is a lot of work. ... It is taxing their bodies and their hearts," said Dr. David Marmor, a cardiologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston. "People are really testing their limits, and if they're already at high risk they are better off paying the kid across the street to do it."
• If the area does get 10 inches of snow, it would only underline that this has been a mild winter, Seeley said. That amount would raise the snowfall this season from 20.3 inches to 30.3 inches -- just a tenth of an inch more than what Chicago sees in a typical winter.
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SD lawmakers pass bill on arming school teachers
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Legislature gave final approval Monday to a plan that would allow school districts to arm teachers and other personnel to prevent attacks like December's shooting at a grade school in Connecticut.
• The state House voted 40-19 to accept the Senate version of the bill, which will become law if signed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard. The governor has said he likes the concept of the measure but would decide whether to sign it after he sees details of the final version.
• The measure's main sponsor, Rep. Scott Craig, R-Rapid City, said the Senate changes improved the bill by requiring that a school district must decide in a public meeting whether to arm teachers and others. Another Senate amendment will allow school district residents to push a school board's decision to a public vote.
• Craig and other supporters said that while law officers are stationed in schools in some larger cities, many rural schools are far from any law enforcement agency. Those rural schools might want to train and arm teachers, other school personnel or volunteers who are retired law officers, they said.
• Opponents argued that the House should reject the Senate version of the bill. They said they would prefer the House and Senate negotiate a compromise to halt the arming of school personnel and instead conduct a broader legislative study that could deal with other aspects of school safety.
• Rep. Scott Parsley, D-Madison, said organizations representing school boards, (Continued on page 14)
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