For one week a year, the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance hosts a nonprofit camp, I Am Me, for 300-plus children who have been hospitalized for severe burns. Camp I Am Me in Ingleside is a place where young burn survivors can have a chance to feel comfortable in their own skin, have fun with kids who have similar experiences and be themselves. ... Read More »

CHICAGO – A former Chicago firefighter who was convicted in the 1994 slaying of his wife has received more than $55,000 a year in pension payments from behind bars, according ... Read More »

GENEVA – Cremated remains of seven people have been turned over to next-of-kin three months after they were found along with 40 others in an office storage unit, Kane County C ... Read More »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Three people were shot to death and a fourth was seriously injured Wednesday at a condominium building in Louisville, Ky. The fourth person was taken to Univ ... Read More »

KABUL, Afghanistan – Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and ... Read More »

LAKEWOOD – When Emily Jean finished her ninth and final hole at Wednesday’s Red Tail Open, she wasn’t as content as she had hoped. ... Read More »

ST. LOUIS – Yadier Molina hit his fifth home run and Jake Westbrook pitched seven innings of two-hit ball in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 4-1 victory over the Cubs on Wednesday. W ... Read More »

The Blackhawks looked like they had it won with two separate two-goal leads. Then they looked like they had lost it. But they didn’t give up and are coming home tied at 2 in t ... Read More »

BOSTON – Four games. Five overtimes. Seventeen periods. Twenty-three goals. Three hundred and 14 minutes and 47 seconds. Crazy. All of it, crazy. And the Blackhawks’ postseaso ... Read More »

CRYSTAL LAKE – On a yellow legal-sized notepad, Larry Kain tracked a purchase order in a large, slanting script. He’s been working in the service department at Ormsby Motors f ... Read More »

We agree with new McHenry County College Board of Trustees member Chris Jenner that the college is heading in the right direction with its decision to post more information on ... Read More »

SPRINGFIELD – For the life of me, I’ll never understand why lawmakers are too lazy to push their own voting buttons. After all, that’s what we pay them to do: vote on our beha ... Read More »

To the Editor: As an overburdened taxpayer in McHenry County, I am anxiously awaiting the expiration of the “temporary” 67 percent income-tax increase as 2015 creeps closer. I ... Read More »

To the Editor: My father, Bill Abbink, would like to thank the kind and caring patrons of Crystal Lake Dunkin’ Donuts that came to his aid in the parking lot June 1. He also w ... Read More »

“Monsters University” is sweet. It’s life-affirming. It will make you laugh. ... Read More »

See what has lured these McHenry County residents into making their own beer. ... Read More »

Getting rid of the clutter may sound like an insurmountable task but, according to professional organizer Elisa Adams, it’s actually the key to living a less stressful life. ... Read More »