Coal City was named for the historic coal mines in the vicinity of the Grundy County community. The village logo shows a crossed pick and shovel, along with the outline of the state of Illinois. But ...

WASHINGTON — The conservative Supreme Court is poised to leap into another culture-war battle between red states and blue states, this time involving medical rights of transgender teens and their ...

Q: I own a 2011 Tacoma with 76,000 miles on the odometer. I had all of the maintenance done “by-the-book” at 50,000 miles. Hoses and belts seem to last much longer than they used to when I began ...

We are running out of time and money for Ukraine. This past week, the White House Office of Management and Budget made it clear that without the approval of additional funding, we will no longer be ...

A 41-year-old man was shot multiple times at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of North Wildwood in Kankakee. Officers responded to the location in reference to shots fired.

I recently came across a saying that I thought really would hit home with so many of my readers: “If we keep adding without subtraction, we wind up drowning in things that no longer serve a purpose.” ...

BOURBONNAIS — Olivet Nazarene University’s Cybersecurity program achieved a major milestone recently by earning the prestigious National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Defense ...

Molly Marquardt, of Manhattan, a student in the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire's College of Education and Human Sciences, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester.

Tis the season for great deals on outdoor gear and resources for the nature lover in your life. I have some ideas to make your list a little more refined. Books are always a great hit, especially with ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Caleb Williams, welcome to Chicago. The expectations are clear, become the franchise quarterback the Bears have craved for years and lift the founding NFL franchise to the top of ...

A program that gives RVers, often urban-oriented, a chance to experience farms and rural businesses is just the ticket for Lynn Crafts and Dan Dougherty. They pay a membership fee of about $85 ...

Some 1,000 Black pastors nationwide are reported to have weighed in to pressure President Joe Biden to force a ceasefire in the war in Gaza. According to one pastor, the war “has evoked the kind of ...