The 2026 University of Illinois commencement ceremony wasn't too much of a "hot one" for graduates, many of whom were donning Illini rain ponchos before they turned their tassels. 

University of Illinois graduate honored on Saturday.

The panelists for Part 3 of our annual graduation-themed miniseries: high school seniors from Champaign Central, Uni, Mahomet-Seymour, Arcola, Monticello, Westville, Cissna Park, DeLand-Weldon, Armstrong Township and ALAH.

Bruce Brown is lending a helping hand — and a whole bunch of American flags — at Thursday’s annual Poppy Distribution Drive-Thru in our parking lot.

Scheduled for raises: Orlando Antigua, Big Ten men's basketball's highest-paid assistant at $950,000, and Geoff Alexander, Tyler Underwood, Joey Biggs, Cam Crocker and Zach Hamer.

“Somebody is going to get killed,” Alderman Eric Evans said. “And I know there’s going to be moms and dads all (ticked) off because they just bought a $1,500 scooter for their 8- or 9-year-old kid. Well, tough luck. Would you rather bury them or worry about a $1,500 scooter?”

His first claim to fame rocked the world of sports, building up superhuman athletes before they all came tumbling down in one of the biggest steroid scandals of all time.

With just two weeks left in the spring legislative session, Illinois Senate Democrats introduced an eight-bill package aimed at regulating some uses of artificial intelligence after a lack of federal action on the issue.

With more free time than he expected in his senior year at the University of Illinois, Lalit Gurrapu decided that he wanted to give back and, he hopes, make a legacy. 

This year, Sherry Gittens took time away from school on maternity leave, and she took notice of how caring and supportive her grade level partners were when she was gone and when she returned.