Public school teams were outscored by a combined 193-26 in four losses against private schools in state title games.

Here are the final scores, recaps and our players of the game from each state championship game at Illinois State ...

DePaul (11-3) won the school its first title since precursor Gordon Tech won a title in 1980. The Rams did it with a run game ...

The first day of the Illinois state championship football game slate was lopsided, as four private schools blew out public ...

In the past year alone, our reporters have produced stories that have had great impact in Belleville and the greater ...

Kenny Jager rushed for 223 yards as the Knights beat Maroa-Forsyth 47-0 to win the Class 2A state championship at ISU's ...

Belleville Althoff completed its dominating run through the Class 1A bracket by beating Lena-Winslow 57-14 in the first of ...

The Journal Star each week spotlights the top-performing teams and players from weekend playoff games. This week, we take a ...

Half of the field at the IHSA football state championships is private schools. And they dominated on the first day of games ...

Althoff High School is 17 miles southeast of St. Louis in the extreme southwest corner of Illinois. Hill's high school has an ...

The holidays are a busy time for small business owner Sara Ruholl, who was already gearing up for the season in October. Her downtown Effingham shop, The Beanstalk Boutique, offers unique, ...