Hate crimes incidents decreased slightly last year despite a surge in those targeting gays and lesbians.The FBI reported more than 7,600 hate crimes incidents in 2007, down about 1 percent from the previous year. The decline was driven by decreases in the two largest categories of hate crimes — crimes against race and religion. (Google [...]
The Hinsdale fire department is made up of mostly volunteer first responders, but recently, the chief has noticed a downward trend in his numbers. “As far as actual firefighters, we’re still down like everyone else is,” said Hinsdale Fire Chief Larry Turner. He says the number of people willing to donate their time as volunteer [...]