PEORIA - The Peoria Municipal Band, under the direction of Dr. David Vroman, will perform at 7 p.m. July 20 in the Peoria Warehouse District and at 7 p.m. July 24 in the Glen Oak Park Amphitheatre. This week's concerts will feature Katie Burnham as f ... [READ MORE]

PEORIA - Born in the age when women sewed and knitted to clothe their families and outfit their homes, textile competitions at county fairs don't hold much relevance to women today.A group of area fiber artists is trying to change that.Heading the ef ... [READ MORE]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Tom Brady will drop his appeal and serve his four-game suspension for the "Deflategate" scandal. The New England Patriots quarterback said in a Facebook post Friday that "I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed ... [READ MORE]

Newsroom personnel at WEEK-TV Channel 25 and WHOI-TV Channel 19 want a new contract with Quincy-based Quincy Media Inc. which owns WEEK and operates WHOI, a station owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group."Our previous contract expired in March. We a ... [READ MORE]

PEORIA - As "Pokemon Go" users continue to flood central Illinois streets, parks and other spaces, there's at least one place users should consider avoiding: hospitals. UnityPoint Health-Peoria, which includes Methodist and Proctor hospitals, is as ... [READ MORE]

PEORIA - The Peoria Area World Affairs Council will present "After Nazi and Soviet Occupation: Eastern Germany, Czech Republic, and Poland Today" at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lariat Steakhouse, 2232 W. Glen Ave.Council members Don Samford and Dennis a ... [READ MORE]

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City woman infected her male partner with Zika virus through sex, the first time female-to-male transmission of the germ has been documented.Zika is usually spread by mosquitoes, and health officials have known for some tim ... [READ MORE]

LOUDON, N.H. - Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon could come out of retirement next weekend and drive the No. 88 Chevrolet if Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not cleared to race. Earnhardt will sit out this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway because he ... [READ MORE]

TROON, Scotland - On a rainy day at Royal Troon, Phil Mickelson finally ran into a bit of trouble. He still managed to stay out front in the British Open. After coming within a lipped-out putt of a major championship scoring record in the opening rou ... [READ MORE]

WASHINGTON (AP) - South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the Senate, candidly described being stopped by police, even Capitol Hill cops, because of the color of his skin. It's an experience all too familiar to many of his African ... [READ MORE]