The summer of 2026 marked a century of life and 80 years of continuous membership at the Morrison American Legion Post 328 ...

Two brothers from Crystal Lake were killed while fighting in World War II. Learn more about them and other men from McHenry ...

Ross Van Der Bill coaches middle school cross country, helps with flag football and runs the campus life office at Timothy ...

At Dixon, Hey was a four-time Class AA state qualifier and undefeated state champion in 1991, earning third-place medals in ...

Robert Bartell of Sterling served three years in the U.S. Army, spending about a year overseas during the late 1960s in the ...

Robert Brands of Morrison, a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard, spent nine months during 1952 and 1953 in active combat ...

Elgin-based Symonds Family Chapels holds funeral services for “unclaimed veterans” to make sure every veteran is honorably ...

As she sought her path in life following graduation, Manteno High School graduate Adrienne MacQueen settle in with the U.S.

Army veteran Mark Hutson of Woodstock has spent years creating an online archive of McHenry County's fallen war veterans.

Veterans Jack Graham, Mark Lowe and Reno Pence Sr. from Streator reflect on their service and how it affected the rest of ...

Best friends Jim Lipuma and J.D. McCourt, 1983 NIU graduates, cycled 2,500 miles and raised more than $58,000 this summer to ...

Read the letters sent in by Shaw Local readers thanking veterans for our 2026 edition of Thank You Veterans. Cheryl Bates: ...