Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, who served from 1999 to 2003, passed away at the age of 91 and was honored with a memorial service in his hometown of Kankakee, where he was remembered as a ...

Long before he was Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost and his two brothers were just “kids on a block of kids” growing up in south suburban Dolton, his brother said.

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the ...

Chet Lemon, a former All-Star outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, has died at the age of 70 due to complications from a ...

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope Thursday. Pope Leo XVI as he is now known was born in Chicago in 1955. He ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-area native and former substitute teacher at St. Rita High School, has become the first ...

Learn a new skill and go home with a hand-made, one-of-a-kind souvenir. Made Chicago offers everything from pottery workshops for adults to summer camps for kids! Kimberly and Mary join us with ...

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV ‘s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice, which is very much in line with ...

Two advocacy groups for migrants filed a federal lawsuit Thursday asking the courts to halt new Trump Administration vetting procedures for reuniting children who crossed ...

Ginger Mance, a 74-year-old “powerlifting granny” from Chicago, set state and national records for her age group at the Windy City Classic and teaches health at her local Y, inspiring ...

Shohei Ohtani could have pursued a 15-year contract through age 44, agent Nez Balelo said Thursday, explaining the two-way superstar didn’t want to risk a decline in his ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, frequently used social media to push back against Trump administration ...