The Chicago Fire Department was called for a fire at St. Rita of Cascia Church, at 6243 S. Fairfield Ave. Map shows how Greenland’s rare earth minerals compare to rest of world Hundreds arrested for ...

What used to be a movie palace has been a church since 1969, shepherded by four generations of the same family. A curious little building stands on Cicero Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood. Its ...

Children of Eden is a sweeping, spiritually resonant musical by Stephen Schwartz and John Caird, based on the book of Genesis. The show explores the perennial tensions between parents and children, ...

The El Paso County Judge, County Commissioners and The El Paso County Elections Department will honor and recognize the first, second and third place winners of the 2025 Sticker Design Contest. First ...

Update (September 24, 2025): Court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 state that investigators found a business card allegedly connecting Marquez with the arson. Investigators say the business card was ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Emmett Till would have been 84 years old Friday. The Bronzeville church that held Till's funeral is celebrating his life by restoring the building to its former glory. With phase one ...

Chicago City Council voted unanimously at its regular meeting last month to grant landmark status to the 113-year-old building, 3993 S. King Dr., a former auto shop turned spiritual home to a ...

The story of how a neighborhood theater became a church struggling to install a new roof says a lot about how buildings evolve over time. One hundred years ago in October, a grand new theater opened ...

The Rev. Dr. David Gregg, a respected pastor and scholar who led the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago, died last week. The religious association announced that Gregg passed away on Thursday, ...

Chris Petrick was getting tired of waiting for court time, so he went looking to build his own court. As Noel Brennan reports, Petrick bought a shuttered church for the purpose. Kari Lake sends firing ...

STONEVILLE — Ruby Hinson has pulled out her organist’s bench at First Baptist Church of Eden, smoothed her skirt to sit, and danced upon its pedals some 7,392 times over the past 77 years, her family ...

CHICAGO — Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms wide open.