Disabled veteran Corey James of Chillicothe was searching for a way to get a service dog for himself but ended up starting a foundation that provides service dogs for other disabled…
Experts on stolen valor say a measure signed last week by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is a small step toward holding individuals more accountable for pretending to be veterans. The bill…
Jim Champion used to take 59 pills a day for Multiple Sclerosis and post-traumatic stress disorder. Now he takes just five or six. The difference? Smoking one-and-a-half to two medical…
Collinsville-area military veterans will soon be honored through a new street banner program along the thoroughfares of Uptown Collinsville. Under the new Hometown Heroes program, up…
The Vietnam Moving Wall Memorial will return to the area for five days next summer (June 29 – July 3, 2017) after coming to Aurora in 2013, this time to Oswego, according to a local…
Voting 138 for and 285 against, the House on May 18 defeated an amendment to HR 4909 (above) that sought to revoke the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) as the legal…
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
Community pulls together to save ...After months of uncertainty and urgent repairs, the Metamora Community Pool has ...
Chicago teen charged in fatal ...A 19-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with a fatal ...
Government, defense spar as child ...With the criminal trial of Elburn veterinarian Adam Stafford King fast approaching ...
