LASALLE, Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle continued to see its number of deaths rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic and officials are demanding answers. Long term care facilities, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- COVID-19 vaccinations for residents at LaSalle Veterans' Home began Tuesday, while vaccinations for staff members started Wednesday. It's the first step in the process at the LaSalle ...

QUINCY — Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy played host Friday to the annual Memorial Day commemoration event ahead of the Monday holiday. Barry Cheyne, an Air Force veteran who served nearly 30 years ...

Here are five things to know. 1. The Illinois VA facility, home to nearly 400 residents, has experienced three separate outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease since 2015, causing a total of 64 infection ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn is proposing a plan that would increase the cost of staying in Illinois' four nursing homes for veterans by as much as 45 percent. Quinn has asked lawmakers to ...

State leaders are hoping the opening of a new veterans care facility in west-central Illinois will help turn the page on one of this century’s worst outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease. In the summer ...

For many veterans, service to the nation and their countrymen doesn’t end when they are done with active duty. That’s ...

WCIA 3 celebrated Veteran’s Day on Tuesday by highlighting the stories of Veterans throughout Central Illinois. Follow along ...

The nation’s duty to its service members does not end when their active duty does—it continues until their retirement, manifested through the protection of their health, homes, and the families who ...

McHENRY — John Gerend, a Vietnam War veteran from Lake Villa, Illinois, was exposed to Agent Orange while on duty. Suffering from diseases associated with exposure to the toxic chemical, he said he ...

The Veteran Warriors hockey team touts itself as the only sports program in Central Illinois dedicated to rehabilitation and ...