Woodie King Jr., a theater actor, director, and producer who championed Black representation on stage, has passed away King ...

Woodie King Jr., the theater actor, director and producer, who advocated for Black onstage representation, has died. He was 88. The New Federal Theatre (NFT), his company dedicated to amplifying the ...

One of the original 26 Florida Highwaymen has died just days after losing another, leaving only two artists still alive today ...

Politicians still have time to throw their hats into one of the rings, but here are the top candidates for several US House districts next year in Illinois.

Country singer Colt Ford experienced a terrifying ordeal in April 2024. Sadly, it wasn't the only health issue that Ford has ...

An interim complaint sheds more light on the fatal shooting that took place at Willie Blake Community Park in late December.

A deadly encounter during a suspected gun trade set up via social media left two young men dead, with evidence pointing to a fraudulent scheme involving ...

Raymond Lee Ford, age 81 of Highland, IL, died Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJC) in Saint Louis, MO. Ray was born in Kirksville, Missouri, to Betty June Pritchard and John ...

A Mississippi man pleaded not guilty to killing six people, including a 7-year-old girl, during a shooting spree in Clay County.

They say the show must go on, and there are a handful of country music stars living up to that as 2026 gets underway. Because, despite having to manage some serious health issues, many of the ...

Kenneth W. Ford, 99, of Gwynedd, Montgomery County, theoretical physicist who helped develop the hydrogen bomb in 1952, university president, college professor, executive director, award-winning ...

A speeding vehicle went airborne from Frontage Road and crashed onto northbound I-55 in Romeoville early Thursday. The driver of that vehicle was killed, and another driver suffered serious but ...