Romeoville High School's Toney Sarfa, #10, keeps his grasp on the feet of Oswego high School's Jay Graziano, #34, during their game at Oswego High School, just west of Chicago.
Emergency room technician Kristin Dupre waits to apply a splint to Eric Sova's leg while his mother Tammy comforts him. A slip down the stairs caused Eric, 6, a tibia fracture.
Ames Supervisor Cathy Ruzicka, associate Fatimah Hickman and cashier Crystal Pettaway do price changes Thursday, three weeks before the store's opening. For a story on the return of Ames Department Stores to the Chicago suburbs.
Cease Fire Outreach Worker Edward Boone, Cardinal Francis George, rev. Steve Greer, and a tired Congressman Danny Davis protest the shooting of a clerk at a neighborhood store on a scorching Chicago afternoon.
Mike Keane, 14, and Sam Ball, 13, rub their eyes in reaction to the smoke from a fire at a condominium complex in suburban Chicago. Officials sent residents to the local village hall where they received first aid. There were no serious injuries.
Marlene M. Winter, a nurse 27 years in recovery from alcoholism, prays for continued sobriety during her daily meditations. Winter works at a hospital with a treatment program for impaired nurses. She is critical of the Illinois disciplinary system…