St. Joseph

The Archdiocese of Chicago announced on Thursday that four area Catholic schools will close while two will consolidate at the end of this school year. Christ Our Savior School in South Holland, Sacred Heart School in Melrose Park, St. Ann School in Lansing and St. Joseph School in Summit will close due to their low and steadily declining enrollment levels…

Ten people aboard a boat on Lake Michigan were sickened after exposure to carbon monoxide, authorities in Michigan said Saturday. Authorities received a distress call from the captain of the 32-foot boat that was traveling in Michigan from St. Joseph to South Haven around 2:45 p.m. The boat was intercepted near the South Haven pier. Authorities said all ten people…

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in his hometown forced him to confront issues of race and policing. The Democrat canceled several days of campaign events after returning to South Bend, where he spent the day meeting with community...

Authorities said the “suspicious package” investigated at a Wheaton church Monday evening was declared safe.

Authorities said they were investigating a “suspicious package” at a Wheaton church Monday evening.

Christmas at a church in New Jersey will look like it did almost a century ago this year, all because the house of worship will celebrate the holiday with a special baby Jesus statue — a statue that was long ago stolen and returned this past March.

A sweeping grand jury report into child sexual abuse in Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania said church officials gave a former priest a positive reference to work at Disney World, even though they’d fielded at least one allegation about him sexually abusing a boy.

Hidden away, in the custody of the sheriff’s office in Berrien County, Michigan, are the two best pieces of evidence in the most notorious unsolved crime in Chicago history.

Residents of London hospice were surprised Sunday morning with flowers from the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. An employee at St. Joseph’s Hospice told “Today” that the newlyweds donated 50 bouquets of their wedding flowers to patients who were “absolutely thrilled, surprised and delighted.” The bouquets were made up of flowers sourced from their private garden...

An accidental fall down a 35 foot high cliff killed Mark Dombroski, the St. Joseph’s University men’s rugby player found dead in Bermuda earlier this week, a forensic pathologist has determined. Speaking at a news conference in the British island territory Thursday afternoon, Dr. Christopher Milroy said the injuries the 19-year-old sustained were consistent with a fall from a high...

A New Jersey church has been united with a baby Jesus that was supposedly stolen almost a century ago. Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph in Hoboken came across the surprise Wednesday when an unknown package was delivered to its doors.

The Northeastern Women’s basketball team would not be deterred by the nor’easter at their CAA tournament game in Philadelphia.

The Northeastern women’s basketball team would not be deterred by the nor’easter at their CAA tournament game in Philadelphia. After a practice, the bus got stuck on a snowy hill and the team got out of the bus to push it up the hill.

A gunman shot and killed two teen boys in South Philadelphia Tuesday night.

In some ways, they’re like typical college athletes. They’re on varsity teams. They train for hours between classes. Some get hefty scholarships. But instead of playing sports, they’re playing video games. On college campuses, varsity gaming teams with all the trappings of sports teams are becoming increasingly common as schools tap into the rising popularity of competitive gaming. After initially...

The new mother of quintuplets kept her excitement in check for the first six months of her pregnancy — even putting off setting up a nursery.

A Minnesota man who abducted, sexually assaulted and killed 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling 27 years ago apologized in court Monday for his “evil acts” as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison on a child pornography count that let authorities close the books on a mystery that had haunted the state for nearly three decades.

Jacob Wetterling’s parents say they’re still fighting for a world where children can grow up safe and follow their dreams. Patty and Jerry Wetterling released a short video Tuesday saying they drew strength from the love and support of so many people in the search for Jacob, who was kidnapped near their St. Joseph, Minnesota, home in 1989. An Annandale...

The 7-year-old boy struck and injured by a stray bullet while inside his home in Paterson, New Jersey Monday evening called 911 himself to report he’d been shot.