BEARDSTOWN -- Public-safety personnel found the body of a boy, one of two who went missing while playing in the Illinois River at Beardstown, authorities stated Friday.

MORTON -- Days before in-person instruction is to begin, Morton School District 709 has identified five cases of COVID-19 among its constituency.

A stretch of beach on the Illinois River in Peoria Heights by Poplar Park is the latest reclamation project by developer Kim Blickenstaff and his KDB Group.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday that Tazewell County is one of 13 Illinois counties considered to be at a warning level for COVID-19 activity.

Peoria is losing population. This should come as no surprise to anybody around here who's been paying attention the last four decades or so.