CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Leo XIV and his family have a long history on Chicago's South Side. Long before Robert Prevost was elected by his fellow Cardinals, he was a friend to a South Side family.

Pope Leo XIV is an Augustinian priest. He is also a Chicago-area native and has many connections to St. Rita, an Augustinian high school on the city’s South Side.

Four people, all of them children or teenagers, were killed and several others were injured on Monday when a car crashed through an after-school center ... the Illinois State Police Department ...

Highland Park High ... school and community spirit. Sort of what European settlers did to Native Americans. Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on ...

A librarian by day and filmmaker by night, Bruce Janu’s short horror film is heading to the Chicago Horror Film ... technician at Rolling Meadows High School, and Bruce Janu, an educator with ...

WATERLOO, Ill. — The National Weather Service says an EF1 Tornado, with winds up to 100 mph started near Maeystown before lifting just outside of Waterloo High School on Easter Sunday.

mascots and logos has passed the Illinois House and is now under review in the Senate. The Collinsville School District, one St. Louis-area school district with a Native American-themed mascot ...

Schools across Illinois are set to lose roughly $77.25 million ... “mitigate the effects of COVID on American students’ education.” Some school districts, including Chicago Public Schools, have used ...

Addie Dea of the Morton girls soccer team was voted the Journal Star high school athlete of the week ... In Thursday's 3-2 victory over Illinois Valley Central, Gilbert's two-RBI double in the ...