Alumni football games have taken over central Illinois.Following the success of last year's Metamora-Washington game, five more alumni football games...

Bookings at the Peoria county Jail over the past 24 hours through 7 a.m....

PEORIA — A North Peoria man, already in prison for sexually abusing one teenage girl, was sentenced to 24 more years for abusing a second teen....

PEORIA - There were no local feature winners Wednesday night during the DIRTcar UMP Summernationals stop at Peoria Speedway. But local fans couldn't have asked for more from the three feature races on a hard track that was very fast.Series points leader B...

For the record, 30-year-old new Bulls point guard Rajon Rondo is 2 years, 7 months and 12 days older than Derrick Rose.This only matters because, when trading Rose to the Knicks two weeks ago, Bulls general manager Gar Forman cited the team's desire to ge...

CHICAGO (AP) - From their torrid start to their dreadful slump and sudden resurgence, it sure has been a wild season for the Chicago White Sox.They are looking better as the All-Star break approaches. Miguel Gonzalez pitched five-hit ball over seven innin...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jung Ho Kang drove in two key runs with a seventh-inning double a day after Chicago police said they were investigating an allegation of sexual assault against the Pirates infielder, and Pittsburgh beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 on Wedn...

PEORIA - A man was hospitalized Wednesday night with gunshot wounds to the arm and chest, police said.Peoria police responded about 8:30 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert of multiple rounds fired in the 2000 block of North Indiana Avenue. Five shell casings wer...

By Tim Reynoldsof The Associated PressMIAMI - Dwyane Wade is going home, making what he called "an extremely emotional and tough decision" on Wednesday night to leave the Miami Heat after 13 seasons and sign with the Chicago Bulls.Wade will sign...

CREVE COEUR - Police said they recovered a stolen rifle and arrested a Marquette Heights man after a traffic stop late Tuesday.Alexander W. Johnson, 19, of 105 Pontiac Road in Marquette Heights was taken to the Tazewell County Jail in Pekin. He was booked...