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Fatal shooting in River Forest: 'Looking at her lifeless, I couldn't breathe'

Three men were being questioned Tuesday in the shooting death of a woman in River Forest, which may have stemmed from a domestic situation, a law enforcement source said. Chervon Alexander, 29, was sh... read more

Young Illinois Lovers Found Guilty of Murder but Indonesian Judges Spare Their Lives

Schaefer and Mack met at Oak Park-River Forest ... her mother, and during the argument he used the bowl to strike her in the head. Schaefer said he brought the bowl to protect himself. "She squeezed m... read more

Reuters pictures of the year 2014: The stories behind the images

Reuters picture editors have chosen key images from 2014 and asked the photographer to tell the story behind the picture. This package, taken from news, sport and entertainment coverage, highlights so... read more

Measles Carries Risk Of Rare, Fatal Complication

It is always fatal. There were ... It was the day before her son turned 7. Soon, the boy who used to "swim like a little fish" became confined to a wheelchair. Junior started to suffer tremors so seve... read more

Wayne County Young Writers' winning works

She uses her powers to be a super hero. She fights the evil Pigling by shooting ... forest of the mist he hit something, which caused him to fall. That object was a humongous tree. The tree itself was ... read more

150 Minutes of Hell

By then, flames shot across Iron Mountain Road, one of the two main routes through the Gold Rush town. Hoffman had turned left on Keswick Dam Road, toward the Sacramento River ... flames seemingly ali... read more

La Crosse Tribune editorial board: Find compromise to move, preserve 'Hiawatha' statue

Since 1961, the “Hiawatha” statue has stood where three rivers meet at Riverside Park in La Crosse. To some, the 25-foot statue created by a local artist is a symbol of our Native American legacy. To ... read more

Forget Mars. Here’s Where We Should Build Our First Off-World Colonies

But is the Red Planet really the best target for a human colony, or should we look somewhere else? Should we pick a world closer to Earth, namely the moon? Or a world with a surface gravity close to E... read more

Remembering Lynyrd Skynyrd's Deadly 1977 Plane Crash

Twelve thousand feet in the air, the engine spewed out a ten-foot torch of fire that lasted for several minutes, offering each of us an unforgettable look at our very serious problem." On the morning ... read more

Debate Over Global Warming/Climate Change Heats Up

Dr. Schmidt says those along, with other signs to look for, such as sea ice, the phenology of plants and glacial melting, prove that the actual fact of warming is incontrovertible, that the planet has ... read more

REVISITED: Faces & Places in Calhoun County

Faces and Places in Calhoun County is a 100-day series from 2015 highlighting the history and people of Calhoun County. Follow along daily to learn how the county’s history led to the great place it i... read more

100 Stories About Gun Violence Since Newtown

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