The Journal Star announced its 2025 Dandy Dozen last week. Here are HS football players we left out — and are capable of ...

The Italian Society Festa and Ignite Peoria arts festival are among the highlights of things happening in the Peoria area this weekend.

East Peoria this week declared August as "Duck Race Month," ahead of the iconic annual fundraiser. What to know about the event.

David Taylor and Stephen Martin are representatives for a northeast England region. They shared an image of the large rat on ...

Illinois athletics announced Wednesday its first sellout game of the highly anticipated 2025 college football season.

The Peoria County coroner said the 41-year-old man “died moments after the injury” despite efforts to resuscitate him.

Marshalls is opening five new stores across the country this month – with two set to open their doors in Illinois. Find out where and when.

Darell Reed has been serving a 22-year prison sentence in Pekin after pleading guilty in 2022 to violating the Hobbs Act – which prohibits robbery or extortion affecting interstate commerce – in 2019 ...

A group of Texas Democrats is sheltering in Illinois to stop a Republican redistricting effort back home. See how Pritzker responds to claims of hypocrisy.

The U.S. Department of Justice published an updated list of "sanctuary jurisdictions." Find out which Illinois counties remain.

Samantha Davis, a star forward from Wisconsin, committed to Bradley women's basketball. Her brother played in the NBA.