The Peoria Park District has installed a new, inclusive playground at Fransiscan Recreation complex, and plans to upgrade or replace all 42 of its playgrounds over the next 8-10 years.

Opponents of President Trump's administration are set to rally in nearly 2,000 communities this weekend. Locally, a protest is slated for noon to 2 p.m. at Morton Park in Charleston.

Opponents of President Trump's administration are set to rally in nearly 2,000 communities this weekend. In Bloomington, the event starts at noon Saturday at the Bloomington Center for the Performing ...

Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of ...

Looking for an upcoming county fair near you? Here's the summer schedule for more than 100 fairs across Illinois.

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black folks throughout history. At age 18, Rev. Bruce Klunder knew he had to join the ...

A key moment in the offseason is here as ESPN has revealed its preseason 136-team college football rankings, a big pile of analytics that includes, among other ...

Treasured from coast to coast, mom-and-pop eateries (also known as family-owned restaurants), are wholly unique in their own ...

Illinois; two sons, Rob Cheatwood and his wife, Stacy, and Cliff Cheatwood and his wife, Shaina, all of Pine Bluff; six grandchildren, Logan, Cody, Kathryn, Cliff, Kayla and Carley Cheatwood, all of ...

Planning your summer vacation? TripAdvisor's Summer Travel Index reveals the most popular domestic and international destinations for 2025.

Two people fish on a beach at Illinois Beach State Park near one of 22 breakwaters which protect the shoreline from erosion. The state spent more than $70 million installing breakwaters at the ...

Illinois sees most visitors to its state parks in a decade Melania Trump-Endorsed ... as tariffs open doors to crony capitalism This Charleston House Once Belonged to the Catholic Church.