The return of a fallen U.S. soldier who hails from Joliet made for an emotional day on Tuesday, as his family gathered at Lewis University Airport to welcome him home. Army Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr.

Illinois flags are flying at half-staff this week in remembrance of a fallen soldier and Joliet father who was killed in a training accident last month.

The fourth soldier was found near Pabradė after a strenuous weeklong search that involved hundreds of rescue workers from American, Lithuanian, Polish and Estonian forces. The search required ...

Firefighters and rescue divers, soldiers and pilots, civilian geologists and engineers came from all corners of Lithuania.

The soldiers were in a training area near the town of Pabradė, which is about 30 miles south of the capital, Vilnius, and 6 miles from Lithuania's border with Belarus, officials said. The missing ...