This was the worst-case scenario for Yvena Jean François, but she willed herself to thank God. That’s what the Haitian ...

SPRINGFIELD BECKONS: Illinois lawmakers head into their final session of the year this week with Democrats firmly in the driver’s seat after last week’s election — and Republicans feeling empowered ...

When you score goals at the rate Otter Valley field hockey standout Breanna Bovey does, you get the opponents' attention.

Determined to stay in Chicago and stymied at their preferred lakefront site, the Bears are at least considering the ...

Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly returned to Springfield this week facing an agenda that now includes ...

This season’s first game between La Salle and St. Joseph’s Prep was a four-overtime instant classic. Saturday afternoon, the ...

Some people are never satisfied. Luckily, Pope John Paul II’s football team is right at the top of that list. The Golden ...

The bodies were discovered of two men who went missing while driving to a doctor’s appointment in Missouri, authorities say. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said Robert Rousan and Robert DeClue, ...

I stood at the polls in Chester on Tuesday, as I’ve stood at polls in various locations over the years, and as a Springfield friend has done.

Led by Vincent Brady II's 21 points, the Missouri State Bears defeated the Missouri Southern State Lions 90-61. Dez White added 16 points for Missouri State (1-1). Tyrique Brooks led ...

SPRINGFIELD – A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14 th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued ...

Mahnomen-Waubun started the scoring when Easton Bevins scored a 2-yard touchdown run to cap a 16-play, 90-yard drive that ...