Jay Sefton co-wrote and performed "Unreconciled," the story of how he played Jesus in an eighth-grade Catholic school passion ...

Tears, hugs, and heavy emotion filled the courtroom Friday afternoon as a jury delivered its decision in the murder trial of Johnell Smith.

The jury deliberated for about eight hours Friday in the trial of 17-year-old Johnell Smith in the shooting death of Danny Taylor.

Testimony in Smith’s trial began Monday with prosecution witnesses. They included Danny Taylor’s parents and Rock Island ...