04/27/11 FITHIAN -- A Champaign woman was injured after the sport utility vehicle she was driving on Interstate 74 was hit from behind by a truck Wednesday morning. A release from the Illinois State Police post at Pesotum said Ashleigh Kern Swanson, 28, was driving east in a work zone about 7:35 a.m. when she reported a truck driver appeared to be coming up behind her too fast. read more
03/08/11 A quarter of Chicago-area homeowners with mortgages owe more on the loan than their property is wort...
01/20/11 Oakwood High School is among about 80 schools statewide to participate in the annual TECH 2011: Students for the Information Age event on May 5 at the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield.
01/11/11 Girl Scouts are not only good cookie entrepreneurs, but they make sure their products are taste-tested, as well.
08/26/10 The 2010 Illinois high school football season is to kick off with games across the state today, including eight Journal Gazette/Times-Courier area squads.
05/11/10 Illinois State Police investigate deadly accident on Interstate 74 in Vermilion County.
04/26/10 Apr. 26--HURST -- In December, when Bedford-based real estate investor Jon Westrom looked at buying the Dakota Place apartment community in Hurst, he admits that "there were some alarming things."
04/10/10 When is the best time and what is the best thing to buy is a common question among investors. It is ...
 01/12/10 Most parents assume that their children are getting an equitable education, regardless of where they...
12/03/09 Oakwood senior Amy Martin is the 2009 Commercial-News Volleyball Player of the Year.
12/02/09 Tom Harrold can't wait to zip along the right of way he once drove as an engineer for the Peoria & Eastern Railway more than 50 years ago. Now, however, he wants to quietly ride his trusty old Schwinn, not pilot a noisy, coal- and steam-belching behemoth racing from Peoria to Indianapolis.
11/22/09 The News-Gazette asked readers to share their humorous stories about Thanksgiving gatherings and they didn't let us down. It doesn't take much imagination to picture these scenes in your head. A good friend always says, "Life is only as good as the stories you can tell." These people, obviously, are leading good lives and we thank them for taking the time to share their stories with the rest of ...
11/02/09 Teresa Hoshauer believes so strongly in the mission of the Danville YMCA that her dedication has won her a state award.
10/27/09 Pairings and times for this weekend's first round of the Illinios State High School Association football playoffs:
10/27/09 IHSA FOOTBALL FIRST-ROUND PAIRINGS (With starting times announced) CLASS 1A Upper Bracket No. 16 Bement [South Piatt Coop] (5-4) at No. 1 Mt. Sterling (Brown County) (9-0), Saturday 1 p.m.
10/26/09 Bloomington and Normal Community will open the high school football playoffs Friday night, while Central Catholic plays its first-round game Saturday.
10/24/09 Following are the pairings for the first round of the prep football playoffs, which were released Saturday night by the Illinois High School Association.
09/22/09 Belleville, Illinois – Two of the students involved in the beating of a 17-year-old classmate while ...
08/16/09 When Chelsea Tarquini entered the Georgetown Fair queen pageant this year for the third time, she knew it would be her final attempt.
08/14/09 The Black Sox Baseball Club started strong at the 15U Mickey Mantle World Series in Owasso, Okla., but fell shy of placing.
08/12/09 Veterinary student Johanna Fithian handles one of the visitor center snakes at the Simmons' Wildlife Safari on Tuesday. Fithian is part of the ISU-UNL professional program in veterinary medicine and will finish out her last two years of veterinary curriculum at Iowa State University.
08/11/09 Others her age are eagerly looking forward to starting college this fall, but an Oakwood High School valedictorian has put off her college plans to pursue a state leadership position serving a longtime passion.
08/08/09 In last year's Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament in Kailua-Kona waters, "Hawaii Goes Fishing" Executive Producer Dean Sensui was on the Marlin Magic II when Bob Dudley landed a 973-pound marlin, the second largest fish ever caught in the tourney.
08/05/09 Photo by Mary EdmeadesWho: Glenn Fithian-Barrett, 53, Portland; 5 feet 11 inches, 170 pounds Workout: Fithian-Barrett commutes by bike to his job as a desktop engineer for Legacy Health System. The daily round trip is about 11 miles.... | 
