PEORIA - What was planned as a panel discussion at a South Peoria church essentially became a one-on-one question and answer session on Monday evening between area residents and Peoria's chief of police.About 50 people filed into the pews at Liberty Unite...

PEORIA - At the beginning of Monday's Bradley alumni game at Renaissance Coliseum, things seemed not quite right.Paul Herzog was sporting a beard. The scoreboard didn't work. Lee Hall was a ref. Patrick O'Bryant was firing up 3s.But order was soon restore...

WASHINGTON - Driving through the city is going to be a challenge soon.A six-week Illinois Department of Transportation road project under the U.S. Business Route 24 railroad viaduct will force traffic to take detours.City officials are considering paying ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Giancarlo Stanton wore out Petco Park with a record display of power in the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, peppering every landmark from the left field corner to center field.Stanton hit 20 homers in the final round to best defe...

PEKIN - For drivers virtually asking police to cite them for using a hand-held cellphone, Pekin remains the place to go in Tazewell County.Over the 2 1/2 years since Illinois made any use of an electronic hand-held device a traffic violation, the city's p...

PEORIA -A man was killed Monday afternoon when a porch roof that he was working on collapsed at a North Valley home, authorities said.Humberto Avina Solario, 25, of 2001 N. Missouri Ave., was removing the roof's final metal support post at his mother-in-l...

PEKIN - After a brief, closed-door discussion, the Pekin City Council voted 5-2 Monday to approve a 4-year agreement with the Pekin Benevolent and Protective Organization. The agreement gave Pekin police officers a 2.5 percent raise for each of the next f...

PEKIN (GHMI) - In response to last week's violence against police in Dallas, a Pekin woman is hoping to "stop the hate" by honoring local law enforcement with her own event. The first "Stop the Hate Friendship Circle" will take place July 30, event or...

GALESBURG - During Sunday's storm, one of the oldest trees in the area fell, putting into action a two-year-old plan to preserve it.The bur oak on North Lake Storey Road is older than Galesburg and the nation at more than 300 years, and City Arborist Ryan...

PEORIA - They're easy to spot if you know what you're looking for. If you've noticed a sudden increase in people, most often teens or young adults, wandering around with their phones held aloft, you've probably spotted users of Pokemon Go, an augmented re...