WASHINGTON - Students at John L. Hensey Elementary School have plenty of books to read this summer thanks in large part to Connect Church.

PEORIA - Bloody Knuckle Slamwich is actually the director of restaurant operations for the popular Destihl Brewery and Restaurant in Normal.

PEORIA - In the spring of 1858, the young city of Peoria spasmed with an unruly growing pain.

PEORIA - Police were on the scene of a shooting in South Peoria late Saturday night.

PEORIA - A large white horse's hooves clicked on the pavement of Madison Avenue as a carriage rolled up to the Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette hotel in Downtown Peoria on Saturday evening.