EAST PEORIA - For the second time this year, the story of Alexis Scott will be spread across the nation via television.

Good morning, troops. It's Friday, Dec. 21. The Pizza Peel has been open almost 11 years in Lacon, an Illinois River town north of Peoria.

PEORIA - A Central Peoria man was sentenced Friday to 80 years behind bars for killing a man he thought was a rival gang member.

PEORIA - And then there was one.

PEORIA - Darin LaHood is now unopposed for reelection.