"They looked bad," says The Islander owner Anita Cereceda. "But once you got the muck off, it was like, ‘Oh, look at these!’" ...

Chicago, IL — Illinois’s first responders work tirelessly to protect and serve their communities. That’s why Patch and T-Mobile have teamed up to spotlight EMTs, firefighters and police ...

The tradition began with a retired Chicago police officer donating a patch, and it grew organically over the years. It started with just one patch from a retired Chicago police officer’s uniform.