KICKAPOO -- Threats of fines and other punishments have not prevented Jerry Weaver from keeping open for interior dining his Kickapoo restaurant.

PEORIA - Dozens of Bradley student-athletes returned to campus Monday for an unprecedented regimen of voluntary workouts done while socially distancing from their teammates and fellow athletes.

The mandated, coronavirus-influenced shutdown of on-premises dining in Illinois restaurants didn't stop one Peoria eatery from reopening Monday.

PEORIA - In a throwback to a once-vital summer jobs program for kids, Peoria Public Schools and the Tri-County Urban League announced on Tuesday a new state-grant program that will put paychecks in the pockets of 220 area young people, ages 16 to 24."This is not new to the Urban League.

PEORIA - Faster than you think, five decades of business can go up in a puff of smoke.