The Peoria High School football team is proud of its colors. So is the Peoria Police Department.

WASHINGTON - A Washington woman was killed Wednesday morning after a crash between the vehicle she was a passenger in and a semi.

PONTIAC - Four hours after falling into a 12-foot hole, a man was rescued Wednesday night.  "They have him out of the hole," Normal Fire Department Battalion Chief Ed Collins said shortly before 7:30 p.m. "I don't know what kind of condition he's in.

PEORIA - A second multimillion-dollar federal grant has been awarded inside one month to Peoria Public Schools.

MACKINAW - The Mackinaw District Public Library will reopen Thursday, about 48 hours after a vehicle hit the building and put a hole in a brick exterior wall.