SPRINGFIELD - High school coaches, players and parents from around the state converged on the Illinois State Capitol building Saturday to urge Gov.

SPRINGFIELD - The Journal Star and its staff received 14 awards this week during the Illinois Press Association's annual conference, and its sports staff also received the News Innovator of the Year Award from the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors contest.

PEORIA - Some people didn't see eye-to-eye with Ruth Bader Ginsburg regarding her U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

It didn't seem that long ago that our weekend plans, no matter what our different tastes or age, always included one common stop:The video store.

PEORIA - Coming soon, perhaps, to North Peoria: Asian carp on ice. Sounds nice to Brian Colgan.