People across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip have marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside ...

The Vermilion County Museum Society, 116 N. Gilbert St., will be accepting quilted items from Friday, June 6, through Friday, ...

The Commercial-News was named best publication for Division B newspapers across the state of Illinois Thursday, June 5, at ...

The Women’s Auxiliary of Laura Lee Fellowship House will honor nine “Men of Distinction” for their contributions to the ...

Points of Light, the nonprofit founded by former President George H.W. Bush, will lead an effort to double the number of ...

Local students have received honors from their respective colleges, including graduating with honors and being named to the ...

Ever since area veteran Ronald Lindvahl, 93, took part in an Honor Flight with his son, Mark, he has been “on cloud nine,” ...

Girl Scouts of Central Illinois (GSCI) has relocated its Champaign service center to a new, larger space to better serve current and future Girl Scouts in the community.

If there’s an American creed, it’s expressed by the first words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to ...

On 13 September 1765, people in fields near Luce, France, saw a stone mass drop from the sky after a violent thunderclap. The great physicist, Lavoisier, who knew better than ...

More than 150 bills moved through the General Assembly in the final week of the legislative session and will make their way to the governor, including measures touching ...

Father’s Day — high holy day of Old Spice, neckties and tools for the handyman — is coming up soon. It’s got me thinking about my dad ... even more than usual.