Christians in Syria lit up a giant Christmas tree and celebrated Mass as they spoke of their hopes for a new era after the ...

For more than 400 days after being critically wounded during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, Yona Brief tried ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find the courage “to silence the sounds of arms" and overcome divisions plaguing the world, from the Middle East ...

An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau with Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry now saying that at ...

The West Hancock boys basketball team matched up with the No. 1 team in Class 2A, Peoria Manual, on Saturday, Dec. 21, at the ...

The Illini West girls opened a girl/boy doubleheader against Clark County on Friday, Dec. 20, with an easy 55-21 victory. The ...

The weather outside was frightful, but the soup was so delightful– and the Bowen Fire Department let it flow in abundance on ...

Board of Trustees convened for its monthly meeting at the Nauvoo Fire Station Thursday evening, Dec. 19. The meeting began at ...

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Leonard are celebrating 70 years of marriage on Dec. 26, 2024. They were married Dec. 26, 1954, at ...

Denzel Washington spills on his family’s holiday tradition: a secret Santa letter-writing ritual that even gets a reply from ...

On Thursday, Dec. 19, the Carthage Bluegirls eighth grade basketball team added another Illinois Elementary School ...

The younger students had a lot of fun in November and December learning about Thanksgiving-related things– field corn, ...