CLEVELAND (AP) - Melania Trump's well-received speech Monday to the Republican National Convention contained two passages that match nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention. ...

MORTON - Village Administrator Julie Smick will have some additional duties for at least the next two weeks. Smick was sworn in Monday as the interim village clerk following a Village Board meeting. She's replacing Joe Nohl, the village clerk for nine yea...

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PEORIA - Recommendations to reduce the use of a widely-used standardized test and discontinue other data analysis tools could save Peoria Public Schools almost $400,000 over the next two years. A cost review of the standardized assessments and ongoing con...

PEORIA - A snatch-and-grab thief stole the money from a video store cash register Monday night in what appears to be a string of robberies at the chain over recent weeks. About 8:45 p.m., a store clerk at Family Video, 3615 N. Wisconsin Ave., reported a r...

By R.B. Fallstrom of The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mike Leake had his second straight double-digit strikeouts game with no walks, joining Bob Gibson as the only Cardinals to accomplish the feat, and St. Louis beat the San Diego Padres 10-2 on Mon...

PEORIA - Peoria Promise, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis' centerpiece scholarship program to spur economic growth and increase college graduation rates, will expand to include graduates of the city's two private high schools, Peoria Christian School and Peoria Not...

CLEVELAND - They turned the volume up to 11 on Monday. The protesters, partisans and rabble-rousers arrived in full force, their movements shadowed by scores of police officers. Donald Trump supporters, some affiliated with far-right organizations that h...

By Jay Cohen of The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run homer, Jon Lester pitched 7 2/3 innings and the Chicago Cubs stopped an eight-game losing streak against the New York Mets with a 5-1 victory on Monday night in a rematch ...

EAST PEORIA - Dick Ganschow believes relations between minority groups and his police department are decent. But his opinion isn't necessarily the one that matters. "You know what we need to hear that from? Not from ourselves," the East Peoria police ch...