The Peoria City Council will discuss the future of the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Program at a brainstorming session ...

The Peoria Fire Department is reminding residents that only approved fireworks are allowed to be used in the city and that possession of unapproved fireworks can result in a $250 fine.

In the Springfield metro area, about 9,600 Black people and 13,390 white people were living in poverty in 2023, according to the five-year ACS data. In the city of Springfield, about 9,000 Blacks ...

Parker’s legend grew over his time at Simeon. At one point, he was the top-ranked high school basketball prospect in the country, on the cover of Sports Illustrated and was named a McDonald’s ...

Basketball fans of a certain age will recognize the name and think of Roger Powell Jr., the former Joliet and Illinois star ...

More than 22 years have passed since Lukas Smital scored his historic 107th goal with the Chiefs. The time away from 1st Summit Arena @ Cambria County War Memorial only made his return this week even ...

Starved Rock not only has 13 miles of beautiful trails to explore among seasonal waterfalls, forests and 18 canyons, it also has spectacular views. If you're not in the mood for fishing, boating or ...

The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of ...

Communities throughout Peoria County are taking part in a “Bison-tennial” Project — a yearlong creative and ...

Area standouts Brendan Phillips of Aberdeen Central & Lane Tietz of Groton Area to join Northern State's men's basketball program.

Miller still lives in Illinois ... year a Tazewell County man came forward to the Journal Star with his own claims that he was abused by a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Peoria only to have ...

Nevaeh Mitchell's family filed the lawsuit in June 2024, one month after she was killed in a head-on collision in Peoria.