PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- The valedictorian for this year's Washington Community High School graduating class and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to bar student-led, ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The new Southern Illinois University chancellor's decision to add a brief prayer during fall graduation ceremonies prompted about two dozen calls of protest, and he plans to form a ...

The valedictorian of Medina Valley High School wants to pray during her speech at Saturday's graduation and has joined the fray over a federal judge's order barring public prayer at the event. Angela ...

School officials in Lake City, Ark., have come up with a novel solution to the fight over prayer at graduation: No prayer, no graduation. On May 6, the school board voted to cancel sixth-grade ...

School solicitor Marc Davis says it’s unlikely the board could have ratified a prayer policy in time for the ceremony. A parent objected when a student digressed from a scripted, nondenominational ...