BOSTON — Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when ...
ATLANTA — One patient with a history of substance abuse and suicidal thoughts was left alone in a waiting room inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center, where he obtained drugs from a hospital visitor and later died of an overdose.
EPHRATAH, N.Y. — Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers.
CHICAGO — A cellphone video appears to show a security guard at a Chicago high school shoving a student down a flight of stairs.
KABUL, Afghanistan — A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an internationa ...
PHOENIX — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.
PHOENIX — They were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand Jodi Arias' execution, the jurors faced a decision that wa ...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A former Texas prosecutor and one-time candidate for Congress was convicted Friday of accepting bribes in exchange for court favors, including an $80,000 payment in a scheme that allowed a convicted murder to escape.
MUPRHYSBORO — A Southern Illinois woman who threw her baby away after giving birth at a party has been sentenced to three years in prison.
AURORA — An Illinois police officer has been honored for pulling a man from a burning car despite being off duty at the time.
In 1868, John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued General Order No. 11 directing its members to decorate the graves of Union veterans on May 30, 1868.
HARVARD – Orion Samuelson, the American farmer’s best friend for more than 60 years and the voice the farming community heard every morning, will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Harvard Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley St.
SPRINGFIELD – House and Senate Democrats said Friday they’ve agreed on a proposed Illinois budget that avoids another cut to education funding and immediately pays bills owed to human services providers, including those who help the mentally ill, hom ...
CARY – From a pool of 21 applicants, Cary District 26 hired a new finance director this week.
WOODSTOCK – Beaches in Lake in the Hills and Wonder Lake are under an advisory after water sampling showed high levels of bacteria, according to the McHenry County Department of Health.
WASHINGTON – Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central.
CHICAGO – Virtual charter schools in Illinois are being placed on temporary hold.
HUNTLEY – The new Grafton Township supervisor and an incumbent trustee worked all week crafting a $1.27 million township spending plan to ensure that the embattled township made a late June budget deadline.
PHILADELPHIA – After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
A turtle sunned itself on a tire Friday morning as Thor Forsberg of Barrington pulled his 1973 Trojan F25 away from the dock.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behin ...
WOODSTOCK – A Crystal Lake student accused of planting a pinhole camera in a boy’s locker room is a candidate for and likely will be accepted into the county’s first offender program, the McHenry County State’s Attorney Office said.
24-hour run leaves lifetime of lessons
BEIRUT – Syria’s government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both sides.
Record appeals spur effort
BEIJING – A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts ...
The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts.
WOODSTOCK – McHenry County will receive more than $75,000 as part of a $3.3 million national settlement, according to the McHenry County Recorder’s Office.
YANGON, Myanmar – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Myanmar on Friday on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the p ...
CRYSTAL LAKE – A Crystal Lake man is seeking volunteers and donations for a trip to the area of Oklahoma devastated by a tornado earlier this week.
The public pension news this week didn’t originate out of Springfield, where lawmakers wasted another week without passing real reform.
WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County judge said a victim was alive only by "the grace of God" after a bar fight with a Crystal Lake man.
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois health officials say they're investigating reports that five patients developed abscesses after receiving potentially contaminated steroid injections at a downstate clinic.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.
LONDON (AP) — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no pla ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is lashing out at lawmakers after the Illinois House approved a concealed carry bill that he says "puts public safety at risk."
SPRINGFIELD – Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a city torn by vi ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns.
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron has taken the witness stand to speak directly to jurors.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could pave the way for better relations with the new government of key ally Pakistan, offi ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if elected.
WOODSTOCK – A teen faces multiple charges related to an underage drinking party in an unincorporated area of McHenry County near Marengo, according to police.
WOODSTOCK – Area veterans and McHenry County special needs children came together Friday in a pre-Memorial Day celebration at the Special Education District of McHenry County.
The no. 7 most wanted fugitive in McHenry County was arrested in Milwaukee Wednesday by McHenry County investigators and U.S. Marshal’s Service officers.
• Benjamin Louis Hager, 18, 117 N. Hill Road, McHenry, was charged Friday, April 26, with disorderly conduct and unlawful use of weapon.
• Lena A. Kalish, 21, 1661 W. Winona St., Chicago, was charged Tuesday, May 14, with retail theft.
WOODSTOCK – McHenry County will receive more than $75,000 as part of a $3.3 million national settlement, according to the McHenry County Recorder’s Office.
WASHINGTON — Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, which has long struggled to balance pr ...
