Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...

On June 10, the Shasta County DA’s Office charged Valdez with multiple misdemeanor charges, including one misdemeanor count of battery on a police officer, one misdemeanor count of a PC415 based on ...

The return of John L. Moore's Purple Heart was presented Wednesday morning at the World War II Memorial in front of the ...

The medal belonged to Army Private John L. Moore, a D-Day survivor who earned the Purple Heart after being wounded during ...

In a heartfelt ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Decatur, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a lost Purple ...

Illinois State Treasurer returns a WWII veteran's lost Purple Heart to his family in a ceremony, marking the 15th such return ...

It means a lot to my heart,” Jerry Moore said of receiving his late brother’s Purple Heart medal from World War II. “I don’t ...

After 24 years since its disappearance, a family from Central Illinois was reunited with a Purple Heart from World War II.

GENEVA, Ill. — The Illinois treasurer’s office returned a Purple Heart Thursday to the grandson of a WWII Battle of the Bulge veteran. Private First-Class Edward Gorski Jr., a Chicago native,… ...

Teacher accused of lying about her Purple Heart, military service and college degrees to land a job The investigation into Lissa Lagasse’s background began after her so-called ‘service dog ...

JONESBURG, Mo. — Tossed inside a scrap car and nearly destroyed, a World War II Purple Heart defied the odds — surviving steel, time and memory to find its way home. At Scrap Mart Metals in ...

Winnebago County will dedicate a portion of State 21 as a Purple Heart Highway. A public unveiling ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. June 7 near the intersection of State 21 and Oakwood Road.