UPDATED: It was the early 1980s, and Carol Wright was young and had a promising future — a future cut short. In 1982, as she was killed in a terrible car accident in California….
EAST PEORIA Parents encouraged to attend car seat check Learn if your child’s car seat is installed correctly at the East Peoria Fire Department’s car seat check. Firefighters…
REGIONAL Students learn computer science skills at STEM Academy Middle school students learned how cars can drive themselves as part of the fourth annual STEM Academy put on by University…
Visitors to downtown Chillicothe likely have noticed a colorful treasure chest standing where a longtime thrift store used to be. It’s still the same shop, but Childers Sales…
It may seem like gun violence is a trend on the upswing in Peoria. But to those on the inside, gun violence is a cultural legacy, handed down to the young and impressionable…
PEORIA Roadeo competition skills event for snow plow drivers The 28th Annual Snow Roadeo was held in Peoria on Sept. 13. The Illinois Department of Transportation once again partnered…
EAST PEORIA Take a Tree Walk with University of Illinois Extension University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Kelly Allsup will conduct a tree walk at the Illinois Central…
Peoria native Alise Butzen had never been to Camp Wokanda until her parents suggested she look at it as a possible venue for her wedding reception in June. “My parents go out there…
Man killed on South SideA 35-year-old man was killed Thursday morning on Chicago's South Side. Police ...
One killed, another injured in ...One man was killed and another man was injured Monday night in ...
Pedestrian killed on South SideA woman was killed Thursday evening when hit by a vehicle on ...
Statewide childhood lead testing plannedNearly 13 percent of the 1,350 Illinois ZIP codes at high risk ...
