School-bus injuries top 17,000 per year
Children riding on school buses sustain about 17,000 injuries each year, far more than previous estimates, according to a new study that highlights a controversy over whether the buses should...
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Crashes kill 2 teenagers
Rainy weather and slick pavement may have contributed to unrelated suburban car crashes Thursday that killed two teenage drivers about the same time, 40 miles apart, authorities said. Hadessa A....
Finding strength to be a kid
Polly Foley massaged the thick, pebbly skin on the back of her son's legs with lotion, trying to keep scar tissue from fusing to muscle. The angry red flesh was...
A rebuilt body, a fragile spirit
Dr. Grant Geissler left his Lincolnshire home in a blur the evening of Nov. 5, scarcely saying a word to his dinner guests. A hard rain splattered on his windshield...
The enduring agony of a pit bull rampage
Brooks Foley heard a soft whimper and stopped still in the hallway. The sound was barely audible at first over the hiss of a shower, but it grew louder and...
911 couldn’t have tracked biker’s phone
Even if McHenry County had upgraded its cellular equipment to trace emergency calls, that probably wouldn't have helped a motorcycle-crash victim who called 911 twice for help but died in...
Woman slain in Marengo
As elderly neighbors often do in the Indian Trails subdivision at the edge of tiny Marengo, Estelle Jamieson made several phone calls Sunday, trying to check up on her frail...
Teenager killed in wreck was speeding
Peter Matia loved cars, especially his Subaru Impreza, which he saved for and bought with his own money. But perhaps the Crystal Lake teenager had become a bit too confident...
Holding jaws of victory
At an age when most kids would be digging in the dirt in their back yards, 9-year-old Mitchell Ramirez does his exploring at garage sales. Hidden among stacks of 25-cent...
Winter sports fans jump without joy
The snowmaking machine in Schaumburg was shooting water. Some die-hards in snowshoes were gliding on grass in Mt. Vernon, and a few intrepid ski jumpers were landing on plastic in...