Baseball

The Peoria Chiefs will make some history this season, with Christina Whitlock becoming the first woman to serve as an in-uniform assistant in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Attendance at Peoria Chiefs games is down around 80 percent from the team’s average in recent seasons, but general manager Jason Mott is not alarmed.

More than 1½ years seems like a long time. Calling it “20 months” makes it seem even longer, or “620 days” longer still. However it’s phrased, that was the length of the Peoria Chiefs’ separation from their hometown fans.

Professional baseball is less than a month away from returning to Peoria after an extended absence.After the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out last season, and…

A recently formed nonprofit organization wants to bring youth baseball back to Peoria's neighborhoods.The Peoria Baseball Association started last year…

The Peoria Chiefs will allow limited in-person fan attendance at Dozer Park this season.“It's definitely exciting. The first step was getting baseball…

The Peoria Chiefs will play ball on the road this week—in Peoria.High water on the Mississippi River surrounds the Quad Cities River Bandits' stadium in…

CHICAGO - A man might have saved himself from serious injury when a large metal pin fell from Wrigley Field's centerfield scoreboard because he had a…

A former White Sox groundskeeper will return to his old job after spending more than 20 years in prison on a wrongful conviction.DNA evidence last year…

The northern Illinois community of Belvidere has unveiled a new mural honoring a local resident who played in the 1933 World Series. The Rockford Register…