Editor's Note: Jim Walden dropped out of the mayor's race in early September. His name will remain on the ballot. As a crowded field of candidates lines up to challenge Mayor Eric Adams, we're ...

Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson is at home recovering after a car crash. According to Thompson's mother June "Mama June" Shannon, the "Toddlers & Tiaras" alum was T-boned while she was pulling out of ...

Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson was left “banged up a little bit” after being involved in a terrifying car crash this week. “We get a phone call around 3 o’clock and Dralin [Thompson’s boyfriend] is ...

History is rife with examples of highly successful companies that lost their footing after their founders or early leaders who made them great left or died. Their ranks include Ford Motor Company, ...

The move marks the first time that the Jim Henson Company will be offering its treasures for a public auction, which will be held online and at company headquarters in Hollywood on La Brea Avenue. By ...

Former Gov. Jim Edgar’s funeral service was held at Central Baptist Church on Sept. 20 after his casket lay in state at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The two-term Republican governor, who ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar was laid to rest on Saturday following funeral services. Family, friends and elected officials attended the memorial. Visitors, including ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel announced Friday he will not run for Ohio governor next year, ending months of speculation about the former star football coach’s political plans. “I believe that ...

Former NFL linebacker Jim Fahnhorst, a member of three Super Bowl-winning teams during his storied run with the San Francisco 49ers, died Wednesday. He was 66. The 49ers announced Fahnhorst's death ...

Three-time Super Bowl winner Jim Fahnhorst has died. He was 66. A fourth-round pick of the Vikings in 1982, Fahnhorst (a linebacker) never played in a regular-season game with Minnesota. Instead, ...

SPRINGFIELD — Leaders, educators and Illinoisans from across the political spectrum are reflecting on the life and legacy of former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar after learning of his passing this weekend.

James Leroy “Jim” Brown, 97, passed away peacefully on September 7, 2025, in Nashville, Indiana. Born on October 3, 1927, in Bartholomew County, the son of Delbert and Ida May (Hedrick) Brown. He ...