A sign out the front of Port Lincoln's Methodist Church, which may have once offered a parable, now advertises a competition to win a $1,500 travel voucher. Built in 1908 for just over 1,000 ...

Young, single men are flocking to the Orthodox church after discovering the “masculine” Christian religion through online influencers. Some converts said they felt disillusioned with the ...

Seraphim Holland, a priest at the St Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKinney, Texas, has witnessed a surge of converts in recent years - James Breeden/Breeden Media LLC ...

Consequently, a winter storm warning has been issued for roughly the lower half of Illinois, where localized snowfall totals could range between 11 and 16 inches. The National Weather Service ...

Thousands of churches around the country close every year. In Brooklyn, one pastor is trying to help struggling parishes keep their doors open. By Alyson Krueger Late last month, two days before ...

In Europe and North America, the high costs of maintenance and declining use of sacred spaces have led to the abandonment of churches, shrines, and monasteries of significant architectural and ...

ADAMS COUNTY, Ill. — As Adams County prepares to commemorate its 200th anniversary in 2025, the Adams County Bicentennial Commission has created a special initiative to recognize churches and ...

SPRINGFIELD – Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative ...

CHICAGO — There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year, and they run the gamut from upping minimum wage and increasing pay ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Illinois will raise its minimum wage by $1 on Wednesday to $15 per hour, joining more than 20 states increasing minimum hourly wages in 2025. La Voz Sidebar ...

After growing up in Plano, Noor Elnomrosy, 30, was thrilled she’d get to raise her own kids there, too. She and her two children, 2 and 4, now live in Richardson, but Elnomrosy takes them to ...