Aroma Park, Illinois

Something flashes; a bright blur of color against the greenery of field and flower that disappears as quickly as light.

More to savor the final minutes of the first wet wade of the summer than anything, I was fan casting downstream as I slowly waded back to the car.

Decomposed remains found in a Kankakee County cornfield last month have been identified as a Chicago man, and an investigation continues into what caused his death, authorities said Wednesday.