The most serious issue is making a decision about future energy. The current contract with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency runs through 2035. IMEA has requested we renew its contract until 2055 ...

See the winners from the 2025 Missouri high school state wrestling championships, for both the boys and girls classes.

The northwest Missouri area represented well at the Class 1 and Class 2 tournaments at Mizzou Arena on Thursday. The ...

was designated to lead the Vatican’s prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday night, thrusting a key figure in a future possible conclave into the spotlight. Francis recently extended ...

Francis regularly approves decrees from the Vatican's saint-making office when he is at the Vatican, albeit during audiences with the head of the office, not Parolin. A consistory, which is a ...

People pray ahead of a prayer service at St. Peter’s Square as Pope Francis continues treatment at Gemelli Hospital in the Vatican on Feb. 24, 2025. REUTERS Double pneumonia is a serious ...

Former mayor Eddie Francis and Kathleen Thomas ... Justin Trudeau announced the medal program a few days before King Charles III was officially coronated on May 6, 2023. To be eligible, candidates ...

A robot created by three young women is creating a buzz in the community, as it could help bees and beekeepers on a global scale.

The Vatican announced Monday that cardinals will lead a nightly rosary in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ recovery, with the first prayer service scheduled for 9 p.m. Rome time on Monday ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition with early kidney failure, the events of “Conclave” have never felt more timely. The cast of the movie, who took home the top honor of best film ...

Francis was supposed to have celebrated mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter's Basilica and ordained deacons as part of the Vatican's year-long Holy Year commemoration. Archbishop Rino Fisichella ...

Pope Francis’ condition “remains critical,” the Holy See Press Office said in a statement issued Sunday evening Rome time. However, it said, he experienced “no further respiratory crisis ...