Dave Hinton is editor of The News-Gazette's 'Our Communities' section. He can be reached at dhinton@news-gazette.com.

The Georgia Bulldogs were extremely aggressive in the spring transfer portal, and it worked out for them tremendously.

Resurfaced allegations state that the new pope failed to act against accused priests in Illinois and Peru, raising questions about how he will address clergy sexual abuse.

The Illinois House Education Policy Committee approved a bill Wednesday to allow agriculture courses to satisfy vocational ...

The sport of swimming first brought Kyle and Jamie Ruiz together in third grade through the Sterling Stingrays Swim Club. They are still coming back to the pool together 30-plus years later — just in ...

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield released a statement expressing profound joy and deep gratitude to ...

Prevost, a U.S. native and naturalized citizen of Peru, spent his childhood growing up in Chicago. Here's what we know about ...

He appeared at the Basilica Central Loggia as tens of thousands of people filled St. Peter’s Square. He spoke in Italian, ...

The Illinois governor denounced the health secretary’s autism registry as creating “fear of surveillance or discrimination.” ...

Prevost emerged as the successor to the late Pope Francis on the second day of voting by a papal conclave of more than 130 ...

A plan that requires firearms to be locked in safe storage containers in the presence of minors or at risk persons had fierce ...

A Chicago suburb landed on a new list of the most affordable places to live in the U.S. for 2025, according to a report by ...