The Journal Star each week spotlights the top-performing teams and players from weekend playoff games. This week, we take a ...

Rockford's community rang in the holiday season throughout downtown on Saturday. Many small businesses are preparing their ...

DePaul (11-3) won the school its first title since precursor Gordon Tech won a title in 1980. The Rams did it with a run game ...

Belleville Althoff completed its dominating run through the Class 1A bracket by beating Lena-Winslow 57-14 in the first of ...

The first day of the Illinois state championship football game slate was lopsided, as four private schools blew out public ...

Southwest Airlines says it is ending its cabin service earlier on its flights starting next month. Beginning on Dec. 4, a company spokesperson said, flight attendants will begin preparing the ...

Public school teams were outscored by a combined 193-26 in four losses against private schools in state title games.

Oregon Ducks four-star running back commit Dierre Hill Jr. put up staggering numbers en route to leading his team to the ...

In the last game of his high school career, the Illinois 1A State Championship against Lena-Winslow, a powerhouse program ...

Kenny Jager rushed for 223 yards as the Knights beat Maroa-Forsyth 47-0 to win the Class 2A state championship at ISU's ...

Lena-Winslow got to see first hand why Belleville Athoff Catholic star RB Dierre Hill Jr. is headed to the University of ...

Clad and all white amid the cold and occassional snow flurries, Althoff rolled to a 57-14 win over Lena-Winslow at Hancock ...