Ameren opens emergency center in response to outages.

PEORIA -- Ameren Illinois announced in a news release that it activated its Emergency Operations Center in response to severe storms that caused outages in the northern part of the Ameren Illinois service territory.

PEORIA - Line after line of severe storms rattled central Illinois as high wind, hail and heavy rain continued through much of Friday night.

MORTON - Walking is great exercise. It also has proven to be a great way for the Lincoln Elementary School PTO to raise funds for school needs and wants.