Ofelia Giselle Torres Hidalgo, 16, was diagnosed in 2024 with a rare soft tissue cancer. Her father, Ruben Torres Maldonado, a Mexican immigrant, was detained in mid-October and ordered released later ...

Cubs left-hander Justin Steele isn’t used to this pacing in spring training. He has been a regular in the Cubs rotation ...

With Keaton Wagler, David Mrkovic and others cooking, the Hoosiers had no shot. Just how good are these Illini?

Two Public League teams, Kenwood and Hyde Park, join the Super 25. Kenwood played well for long stretches of the season and knocked off Young on the road on Saturday. Hyde Park has won nine ...

With a newsworthy week highlighted by sectional seeds and where teams will be playing, here are a dozen takeaways from the ...

Montgomery’s more direct path to fielding grounders was a pleasant improvement - especially to scouts who saw him take a slightly circular route in the Arizona Fall League in 2023-24, instead of ...

MESA, Ariz. – Five days into official workouts for pitchers and catchers, Cubs backstops Moisés Ballesteros and Christian Bethancourt (a non-roster invitee) were still away from the team, delayed by ...

A new book examines the 16th president's life through the battle royale of Illinois partisan politics. It's ugly — and ...

Proposed legislation would make Illinois compliant with a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision stating property owners are ...

Hamnet Shakespeare died in 1596, about five years before his father’s epic tragedy “Hamlet” premiered. The stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 historical fiction book about the Bard and his ...

I have been dating “Rita” for four months. We peck on the lips, hug and hold hands, but we have had only one real kiss so far. Rita was first married for 22 years to an emotionally abusive man and ...

On Saturday, volunteers turned LaGrange Park Woods into a natural "rage room,” snapping, sawing and burning invasive ...