Some of the world's largest defense contractors as well as U.S. Navy and Marine Corps leadership converged on the San Diego Convention Center in mid-February for the annual West naval conference. Here's what it looked like.
When John James Murphy died in Elgin last month, he was an "unclaimed veteran" whose relatives couldn't be found or contacted to take care of his burial. Hundreds of people from Elgin and as far as Chicago, Aurora and Naperville attended his visitation and service Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 after the owners of an Elgin, Ill. funeral home extended an open invitation to the community.
