St. Thomas More's Hunter Madigan (far left) takes a picture with his teammates after Saturday's Mattoon Invitational. LeRoy's ...

Eric Miller, center, junior high teacher at St. Thomas Catholic School in Philo, with the script he wrote and members of the ...

Owner Jessica Trefzger is surprised by the success of The Hive Honey Beetique’s business in Mahomet. It’s been a rapid ascent ...

Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style. When Francis met Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI for the first time after being elected in 2013, he said, “We are brothers!” He ...

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Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it in other areas, such as abortion and celibacy for ...

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi. Jorge Mario Bergoglio ...

Asian shares are mostly higher and U.S. futures have fallen as U.S. tech giants prepare to release their latest earnings after the recent spate of market turmoil brought on by ...

Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...

Pope Francis has died. He was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of ...

China is warning other countries against making trade deals with the United States to China’s detriment. Governments including those of Taiwan, Japan and South Korea have begun negotiations with Washi ...