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Suspended Bradley Basketball Players Listed In Missouri Police Report

UPDATED 11 A.M. | The Bradley University men's basketball program announced Thursday morning that junior forward Ja'Shon Henry has been cleared of…

Knox County Promises Crackdown on Gun Violence With New Task Force

Knox County is forming a task force to address a drastic uptick in violent crimes this year.In the first four months of 2021, Galesburg Police Chief Russ…

Ray LaHood Resigns From ALPLM Board After Non-Prosecution Agreement Becomes Public

Ray LaHood is no longer the chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Board of Trustees.Emily Bittner, a spokeswoman for Gov. JB…

This pocket park in the 400 block of Court Street in downtown Pekin will be the site of a memorial to Nance Legins-Costley, the Pekin woman whose legal battle ultimately secured freedom for her family and ended the façade of "indentured servitude" in Illinois.

A Pekin pocket park will have its own tribute to Nance Legins-Costley, a civil rights pioneer

Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said there is an effort to recognize this tenacious woman in her adopted hometown.

School board extends Kherat’s contract, OKs dress code without committee recommendations

At Monday night’s meeting, the Peoria Public Schools board, on a 5-2 vote, approved the extension through June 2026. Board members Chase Klaus and Dr. Anni Reinking voted "no."

Dave Koelher presiding over Illinois Senate.

State Sen. Dave Koehler praises education funding in new state budget

Democratic state Sen. Dave Koehler says he was pleased to see more higher education funding in this year's budget.

A Toulon insurance agent says this is the hardest market in 40 years. Here's why

John Leezer has been selling insurance since 1982 when he joined his father’s independent insurance agency in Toulon, the Stark County town some 40 miles northwest of Peoria.

Goodwill's Pekin location at 3245 Court Street reopened their Community Employment Center last week.

Goodwill CEO: ‘No one should be throwing clothing away’

“Clothes have value not just in this country but across the world,” he said. “No one should be throwing any clothing away. The fibers have value,” said Johnson.

A Women's Fire Crew of the Western Colorado Conservation Corps, similar to the one former Peorian Kallyn Allen is now a part of.

From volunteer to Conservation Corps member, a former Peorian follows a passion for nature

A former Peoria resident is doing conservation work across the country, after starting in local prairies.

The new eastbound McClugage Bridge arch section is maneuvered into place on December 19, 2023. The new bridge is slated to open to vehicular traffic in fall 2024.

Drivers set to cross the Illinois River on the new McClugage bridge this week

Portions of the new McClugage Bridge are set to open overnight.

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