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

EAST PEORIA — Carmon Wade recently got the thrill of her young life, riding the open road with the wind in her hair and her cat Django by her...

Rocker brings his acoustic show to Civic Center on July 11...

PEORIA - Earl Weaver espoused pitching and three-run homers as the path to victory in a different era of baseball. Manager Joe Kruzel's Peoria Chiefs have had the pitching part for most of the season. But they threw in a new wrinkle Tuesday. A four-run si...

PEKIN - A Pekin man who said he crashed through a door window of an elderly couple's home to escape people he thought were trying to kill him has been sentenced to probation.Nicholas Kuykendal, 31, pleaded guilty in Tazewell County court to felony crimina...

MORTON - Fireworks, zip line racing and a 50-mile bicycle tour will join the lineup of activities this year at the Morton Pumpkin Festival.Village Board trustees agreed Tuesday to provide a $9,000 tourism grant for the new events. The grant will pay for m...

EUREKA (AP) - Three new trustees have been added to the board at Eureka College in central Illinois.According to The Pantagraph in Bloomington, Marylean Abney of Peoria, Michael Graham of East Peoria and Paul Brown of Columbus, Indiana, have been added ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Carlos Beltran celebrated his ninth All-Star selection with three of New York's season-high 20 hits, and the Yankees cooled off the Chicago White Sox with a 9-0 win on Tuesday night.Chase Headley hit a two-run homer for the second straight ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Eric Fryer burned his former team with two hits and three RBIs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Tuesday night.The Cardinals released Fryer when backup catcher Brayan Pena came off the 15-day disabled list and...

BLOOMINGTON -- As with most holiday weekends, local law enforcement responded to a variety of reports over the long weekend."There were a significant number of fireworks calls," said Bloomington Police Department spokeswoman Sara Mayer."We will respond...