When a Chicago business with a troubled history of crime closed for good, a nearby church purchased the building to make way ...

Stephanie and Ryan Burnett were perplexed. The crowd was enormous. The line snaked endlessly between buildings. Were they in the right place? As the mother and son approached ...

In 1894, a congregation was started in the red brick church at Fifth and Chestnut. Many years later, this small family of Christian followers would become Faith Church. In 1953, a groundbreaking ...

A building built in 1882 with a rare 19th-century Steere and Turner organ and many original stained-glass windows is now ...

The Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest invited the community to begin their journey through Holy Week on Sunday morning ...

Neighbors have raised $20,000 to reopen Greenstone Church in Pullman, which has been shuttered for years because of unpaid ...

Greenstone United Methodist Church has fallen on hard times. Neighbors are now doing their part to help the church that they ...

Easter egg hunts will be held throughout April in Rockford and the surrounding area, with events such as the Alpine Hills ...

U.S. government forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation — the highest category they use — to warn ...

Early voting numbers in Rockford for the Consolidated General Election already exceed the total voter turnout for the ...

Today's election features a number of contested local races from Rockford and Belvidere mayor to school board and township offices. Early voting having impact The Rockford ...

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