Tazewell County news briefs
December 25, 2019EUREKA College expanding tuition-free program Eureka College is collaborating with a trio of local high schools — Eureka High School, East Peoria Community High School and Washington…
EUREKA College expanding tuition-free program Eureka College is collaborating with a trio of local high schools — Eureka High School, East Peoria Community High School and Washington…
The holidays can be one of excitement and joy, but it also can be one of overwhelming stress. The additional burden of taking care of a sick family member or friend is only heightened…
One hundred years ago, Fulton John Sheen knelt in The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria. His first mass took place…
A Sunnyland man has been charged with murder based on blood evidence authorities harvested from the garage, shed and vehicle of a Washington man who has been missing. Daniel C. Allbritton,…
It’s tough to say how many days and nights Ivan Tharp has spent at OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois, enough, though, for the East Peoria sophomore to choose it as the focus of…
EAST PEORIA Police investigate vehicle burglaries near ICC A number of vehicles were burglarized during the early morning hours of Dec. 6 in the Illinois Central College area of the…
Concern continues to deepen among the family and friends of a Washington man who has been missing since Dec. 6. John Tyler, Jr. was last seen between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Office…
On Dec. 14, when the fresh wreaths are placed on the 754 veteran’s graves at Glendale Cemetery 224 will be sponsored by the American Heritage Girls Club of Morton. Every December,…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….