The village of Elsah’s 500 residents welcomed many times that as the Jersey County community celebrated its second annual ...

A Beardstown man will spend 45 years in prison for his role in a shooting that caused the death of a 27-year-old Beardstown ...

Reporter Ben Singson is introducing Journal-Courier readers to the region's booming craft beers market in a column that can ...

In 1931, James Truslow Adams put forth the best definition of the American Dream, still used to this day: It is that dream of ...

Sex workers say the situation threatens their health and livelihoods. Health officials warn that more must be done to stem ...

CBS News briefly cut off the microphones of vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz during an exchange in their ...

As executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, she's leading a campaign to map every meter of the lakes' bottom.

Once my daughter was born, instead of enjoying every moment of being new parents, my partner and I were stressed about our ...

Know Nothings told of a conspiracy by Catholics to overthrow Protestant-based American government. This was an early version ...

• A 15-year-old juvenile was referred to a community service program after hitting a staff member at Garrison School, 936 W.

Japanese jeans tend to be high-end, dark and durable. Although a tiny part of the global jeans market, they have carved out a ...

Our U.S. representative, Mary Miller, was in Carrollton to support banning a book that won the 2007 National Book Award for ...