NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John ...

Three-star safety recruit Messiah Tilson from Guilford High School in Rockford, Ill., has over 15 scholarship offers but on Thursday he narrowed his top choices to six. And, good news, for Lance ...

Father Joe Ring of Our Saviour Catholic Church in Jacksonville believes newly named Pope Leo XIV will be a pope of the people and follow in the example set forth by Pope Francis, he said. A papal ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church after making history as the first ...

Two local Democratic leaders announced Thursday that they will run for the Illinois State Senate's Ninth District seat in ...

The single-term Republican leaves behind a complicated history. He spent five years in federal prison after being convicted of racketeering, bribery, extortion, money laundering and tax fraud for ...

Illinois Democrats hope to tackle big budget challenges the next two years by raising taxes. The $6 billion would go a long ...

Just in time for spring cleaning, Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful partners with Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois to hold a clothing drive Saturday, May 10 ...

Proposed cuts would result in 500,000 riders losing access to nearby bus routes and entire neighborhoods severed from rail ...

Nearly 2,000 students will graduate from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale this weekend, and many of them are deciding what’s next once they hit the job market ...

The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Illinois Lotto Million 1" game were: ...

The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Illinois Lucky Day Lotto (Evening)” game were: ...