GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members...

There are many great places to camp and fish in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources manages 324 state parks, fish and wildlife areas, state forests and other sites. Here is a list of a dozen state sites ranked by the amount of...

The EF5 tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday has caused untold damage and claimed at least 24 lives. If you want to help, check out the information below.
 
 

Benton American Legion 280 Auxiliary members posed with Benton Mayor Gary Kraft as he proclaimed May 24 and 25 as Poppy Day.

MOORE, Okla. — Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City...

Donald A. Lee, 39, of Elkville has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after Benton police officers were dispatched to 204 E. Main St. in reference to a female being shot.

Although delayed payments from the state are to be expected these days, university officials say the predictability doesn’t make it any easier. Nearly 11 months into this fiscal year, Illinois’ nine public universities have received...

Benton Consolidated High School art students updated and completed the Statue of Liberty at the Benton Public Library.

The start of the Franklin County Tennis Club 2013 Spring Program is less than a week away.

One month ago today, twin blasts rang out at one of America's greatest athletic traditions, the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed, hundreds wounded, and the manhunt for one of the suspects froze an entire city for almost a whole day.

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in...