PEORIA — A South Peoria man was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison on gun and drug charges this week.Charles A. Armstrong, 43, of 1107...

CHICAGO (AP) — A man was carted off Wrigley Field after he apparently fell from the bleachers onto the warning track during a rain delay before a...

LAS VEGAS — Goodfield native and University of Illinois graduate Jameson Painter  has some stiff competition as he attempts to win his...

CHICAGO (AP) - This is the genius of Joe Maddon: Next week, all four of his infielders will start for the National League at the All-Star Game, a trick no team has turned since the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals. Yet when those Cubs return to Wrigley Field next...

PEORIA - Police officers stood hand-in-hand with community members Friday afternoon at a vigil for two black men recently killed by police - one in Baton Rouge, La., and the other in Falcon Heights, Minn. - and for the policemen injured and killed Thursda...

CHICAGO - This is the genius of Joe Maddon:Next week, all four of his infielders will start for the National League at the All-Star Game, a trick no team has turned since the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals. Yet when those Cubs return to Wrigley Field next Frida...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Andrew McCutchen had three hits, including an RBI single during a decisive four-run seventh inning, as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a rare victory over the Chicago Cubs and Jake Arrieta, 8-4 on Friday night.John Jaso's RBI single t...

PEORIA - Many shoppers did a double take Friday when they saw a 24-foot-long peanut parked in front of Hy-Vee on Sheridan Road.The Planters NUTmobile is in town this weekend to celebrate Mr. Peanut's 100th birthday with the city of Peoria.This environment...

APPLETON, WIS. - The Peoria Chiefs grabbed an early lead but faded to a 4-2 loss to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers as they opened a road trip Friday before 2,825 at Fox Cities Stadium. Peoria jumped out 1-0 in the first inning when Chris Chinea's two-out s...

When Dallas police used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper, they also kicked off an ethical debate about technology's use as a crime-fighting weapon.In what appears to be an unprecedented tactic, police rigged a bomb-disposal robot to kill an armed su...