Unsurprisingly, money is the primary reason most students stop or drop out of college. I was fortunate to have GI Bill benefits to pay for my education, but most Californians don’t have that option. I ...

In a gesture of gratitude, Scrap Mart flew the family to San Diego for their national convention to return the medal.

It should’ve been lost forever, crushed in a car shredder. But this World War II Purple Heart refused to be forgotten.

Highs will stay in the high-80s to lower 90s throughout the week. Lows today will be around 80 degrees with partly cloudy skies. WFLX has reported this year on the overcrowded conditions at the Krome ...

Community efforts led to the construction of a new monument honoring Purple Heart recipients at Boerne’s Veterans Plaza. Boerne nonprofit organization, The Purple Heart Project, led the ...

As part of the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Division during World War II, Pfc. Edward Gorski Jr. was in a foxhole in Germany when he was injured on May 2, 1945. Enemy fire struck, and the 19-year-old ...

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs' Operation Purple Heart reunited a lost Purple Heart with the family of WWII veteran Edward Gorski Jr. during a ceremony in Geneva. Gorski, wounded in the Battle of ...

In 2021, the office launched a special effort, Operation Purple Heart, to raise awareness about unclaimed military medals. To date, Frerichs has returned 14 Purple Heart medals, including Gorski’s.

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs, left, returned a lost Purple Heart medal Thursday, June 12, 2025 at the American Legion Post 75 in Geneva to the grandson Shawn Gorski, of World War II veteran ...