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....

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a black man in his car by a Minnesota police officer went viral Thursday, its aftermath...

A New York cafe looks to attract customers with a snap, crackle and pop. The Kellogg cereal company hopes to draw much-needed attention to products like...

APPLETON, WIS. - After Wisconsin took a one-run lead in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday, the Chiefs rallied for a pair in the eighth and a 3-2 victory at Fox Cities Stadium in the second game of a road trip.Peoria starter Juan Perez struck out n...

PEORIA - Todd Bennet took the flag Saturday night in the Late Model feature in the Norwood Pub-N-Grub Midseason Championship at Peoria Speedway.Jason Wagner was second and Roger Rebholz came in third.In Steel Block Late Models, Jason Jaggers topped the fi...

PEORIA - The riverfront was a colorful place to be Saturday morning as runners trekked around town covered in multi-colored powder at Peoria's third Color Vibe 5K.The run began on Northeast Adams Street, where volunteers used gas-powered mulch blowers to ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Phil Luciano's Heart of the Fair series is a look back at the fair's heyday in the 1970s. Reports will continue this week. In its prime, the Heart of Illinois Fair knew how to pack the grandstand.Granted, the 1970s were a different era in m...

EAST PEORIA - Four hundred and six days and 9 3/4 inches of growth ago, I started off a cockamamie idea that finally concluded Saturday afternoon.When lawmakers ended their spring session May 31, 2015, without passing a state budget, I stopped shaving. Th...

SPARTA, Ky. (AP) - Brad Keselowski became the first three-time winner at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday night, overtaking Kevin Harvick on lap 201 and holding on for the Sprint Cup Series victory.Matt Kenseth grabbed the lead with six laps remaining but so...

WASHINGTON - Dinner was dessert cooked by a celebrity chef Saturday night at a locally-owned kitchen boutique in Washington's historic downtown square.Award-winning pastry chef, eight-time cookbook author and television personality Gale Gand - famous for ...