Alton embraces its reputation as “one of America’s most haunted small towns” with various ghost tours exploring reportedly haunted locations while sharing tales of past residents who apparently ...

While Alton welcomes visitors year-round, spring offers that sweet spot of pleasant temperatures, blooming landscapes, and fewer tourists than the peak summer season. April and May typically provide ...

Sometimes, Jeopardy! has a legacy contestant, meaning someone in a person’s family has competed on the game show before, but most of the time it is a parent and child. This time, though, it was two ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

In a place where civic pride is a way of life, Chicagoans need little help believing the election of Pope Leo shows their ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

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Fisher created the Big Fruit mural visible from the Howard Street station, and a new mural — a facade on a facade — can be ...

Pope Leo was born in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood and grew up in Dolton. His family has always been dedicated to Catholic education. According to the Archdiocese of Catholic Schools, Pope Leo ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...