Peoria and its surrounding counties that make up Region 2 of the state's coronavirus regions soared past an 8% positivity rate on Friday, setting the stage for potential new restrictions to be announced on the area as early as Sunday.

WYOMING - Stark County School District officials are hoping that a long-weekend "adaptive pause" in the school schedule will help break a string of recent COVID-19 cases that have led to large quarantine numbers and could threaten the continuation of in-person learning.

CREVE COEUR - Nine firearms were stolen during a business break-in that ended with a police chase by car and on foot.

CHAMPAIGN - Verdis Brown snapped his finger to indicate the immediacy of which he had to learn.

CHAMPAIGN - The Illinois football team entered the season with raised expectations in the wake of last season's bowl appearance.