PEORIA - Shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday, a car crashed into 2521 W. Reservoir Blvd., disrupting business inside Plaza Hair Salon. An elderly woman outside the business mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal, causing her car to go forward...

CHICAGO (AP) - Ian Kinsler hit his 20th home run, Miguel Cabrera added his 19th and the Detroit Tigers beat the struggling Chicago White Sox 2-1 in a game that was called after more than a two-hour rain delay in the seventh inning on Thursday. A heavy d...

Illinois Central College has won a $1.2 million federal grant designed to increase high school graduation and college-completion rates for students at Manual Academy and Peoria High School. About 500 students, ranging from freshmen to seniors, will be sel...

PEORIA - The city's Advisory Committee on Police Community Relations met Thursday evening at City Hall for the first time since recent violence with racial undertones captured the country's attention. About half a dozen concerned residents also attended t...

By Steve Overbey of The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Aledmys Diaz's walk-off single in the ninth inning gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday night. St. Louis, which scored four runs in the...

PEORIA - For the first time in five years, Peoria Public Schools students must show proof of physical exams and immunizations on the first day of school or they won't be allowed to attend. The first-day compliance policy applies to students entering kinde...

COMSTOCK PARK, MICH. - The Peoria Chiefs had a rough start Thursday, chipped away at their deficit, but ended up falling short 6-4 to the West Michigan Whitecaps before 7,976 at Fifth Third Ballpark. West Michigan notched six runs in the second and third ...

PEORIA - The second trolley era is over in Peoria. CityLink, the area's public transportation provider, will auction off its last two trolley buses on Aug. 20. These are trolley replicas, buses designed to look like the old electric streetcars that once r...

WASHINGTON - Temporary traffic signals will be placed at two busy intersections along a detour route when U.S. Business Route 24 is shut down under a railroad viaduct for an Illinois Department of Transportation road project. The road project is expected ...

Rising temps and utility rates have some consumers in central Illinois feeling the heat during the time of year when electricity use is as its peak. Consumers have taken to social media, most notably to Ameren Illinois's Facebook page, voicing outrage abo...