SPRINGFIELD - House Speaker Michael Madigan doesn't make a lot of media appearances, but this morning he talked with student journalists who are covering the Statehouse in a graduate school program.

PEORIA - Four people were injured in a three-vehicle accident Monday at the intersection of Southwest Jefferson Ave.

PEORIA - The Peoria Public Schools district has scrapped immediate plans to implement a new curriculum at Washington Gifted Middle School that is supported by Facebook and has been getting mixed reviews in schools across the country.

PEORIA - Two people were shot late Monday night in South Peoria but it didn't appear either person suffered a life-threatening injury.

Seven-time Grammy-winner TobyMac hits the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Nov. 14 as part of his "TobyMac: The Theatre Tour.

James Holzhauer's notoriety as a prodigy started long before he appeared on "Jeopardy!"The Naperville native, whose victory Friday brought his 22-day total winnings to $1,691,008, was quite the precocious 4-year-old in junior kindergarten at Avery Coonley in Downers Grove, according to a Chicago Tribune article published Jan. 22, 1989.Mary Boyle, his teacher at the time, said she was counting with students on the first day of class when she asked a question.