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The mandatory outdoor safety classes for the state of Illinois are offered for free by the IDNR for youth residents.

On Monday, The Chicago Cubs' Javier Baez took some time out of his busy life of making spectacular plays to teach kids the game in Elk Grove Village.

The measure aimed at delaying the effects of helmet-banging head trauma lacks the votes to pass this session.

The bill Illinois Senator Carol Sente proposed to ban kids under the age of 12 from playing football has been agreed upon and passed by the house committee.

Over the last couple of years, we've seen many malls around the country changing their "Youth Policies," or to put it a different way, how welcoming they'll be to teens during certain hours.  CherryVale Mall is the latest to make a change.

Tens of thousands of college graduates are about to enter the employment market, all searching for that elusive first job. We've heard many times about the unemployment and underemployment problems that 20-29 years old have had in recent years, but is that all the fault of a lousy economy...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network The state has kept kids out of prison by keeping them out of prison. An analysis by the Illinois Department of Human Services finds that the Redeploy Illinois program, under which juveniles who commit low-level crimes receive counseling in their communities, plus services such as substance abuse recovery or remedial education, has resulted in a 54 percent red