PEORIA - As a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lincoln put it, this weekend's weather is gonna be a "challenge.

Could a Trader Joe's be coming to central Illinois?

PEORIA -- Three toxicology results that had been pending on drug-related death cases in Peoria County have resulted; the content of the drugs responsible for the cause of death raises some concern over what is circling in the area.

Recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois last week. But possessing 600 pounds of it is another issue.

A week into recreational marijuana sales in Illinois, some stores have restocked their shelves and restarted sales while others hope to in the coming days.