The FBI has raided the downstate home of a high-powered former Springfield lobbyist who for decades served as one of House Speaker Michael Madigan's closest confidants, the Chicago Tribune has learned.

PEORIA (AP) - Brendt Christensen, the man convicted of killing a scholar from China attending the University of Illinois, will serve a life sentence.

The owners of Haldi Indian Restaurant in North Peoria changed its name and moved its location perhaps a few hundred feet to the east.

Good morning, troops. It's Thursday, July 18.Unless you've been living in a cave the past few days, you know the rest of the week is going to be hot.

PEORIA - A South Peoria man is being held in the Peoria County Jail after he was caught allegedly trying to set a woman's house on fire.

1. The Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown will be from 4 to 11:30 p.m. Friday at the CEFCU Center Stage at the Landing on the Peoria riverfront.

Items for the Cue calendar need to be submitted 10 days prior to publication.

PEORIA HEIGHTS - Sailing may sound like an expensive hobby and likely one that most don't consider taking up in the Midwest, especially if they don't own a boat or belong to a fancy club.