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As Christopher Lorek went on to become an FBI special agent, a circle of friends and family back home in Glen Ellyn cheered him on from afar. That pride was compounded with sadness this week as news of the 41-year-old's death in a training accident...

— Arrelious Benn on Tuesday became the second Philadelphia Eagle in two days to make an unsolicited statement about how much he loves getting up and coming to work every day. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound wide receiver is in this ideal situation...

Two people were injured in an ATV accident at 12:50 p.m. Sunday afternoon in a wooded area of Albany Township, said New Albany Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Dale Hatch. He said a man and a woman were injured and were flown by medical...

Audra Praskwiecz was injured in a serious car crash exactly one year before she graduated Saturday from WVU's School of Nursing. She was heading home to Huntington on Interstate 79 when she flipped her SUV. Praskwiecz spent five days in a hospital...

For cornerback D.J. Hayden, the ability to thrive in one-on-one situations sets him apart. It was teamwork, though, that saved his life. Hayden, drafted 12th overall by the Oakland Raiders last month, nearly died on the University of Houston...

Robert Vigorito knew he had changed some lives over the years since he helped start the Columbia Triathlon in 1984. He transformed an inaugural event that attracted fewer than 100 competitors into one of the top triathlons in the country with as many as...

A Wichita man who opened fire inside the Burlington Coat Factory store in east Wichita last summer avoided a prison sentence Thursday but will have to spend 60 days in a jail work-release program, a Sedgwick County judge ruled Thursday. Jake L. Jacobs,...

A Saline County judge has granted a change of venue motion in a first-degree murder and child abuse trial. Attorneys for Antonio Brown asked a judge to consider the motion, saying their client could not receive a fair trial in Saline County. Brown is...

A jury will begin deliberating Thursday afternoon on the fate of a Jacksonville man accused of beating, neglecting and murdering his 5-month-old-son. Cordero Anthony Webber, 24, is accused of first-degree murder and child neglect in the death of Cordero...

Jackson County prosecutors charged a young mother with two felony counts of child abuse after she allegedly squeezed and shook her 3-month-old baby and pulled his arm. The baby suffered five broken ribs, a broken leg and bruising to his body and face...

The apartment where an El Paso man was allegedly killed by his friend was a bloody mess, according to his neighbors who testified Monday during the first day of a murder trial. Michael Manuel Herrera, 29, is accused of violently beating and killing...

Kevin Rose has defied the odds, but he still has a long way to go. Rose suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a falling tree at his Spofford home 2 1/2 weeks ago. But after successful surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in...