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A major annual event in a fast-growing sport will attract top players and plenty of fans to the Greater Peoria area this week.

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…

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…

Owens Center is back open for business, and the Peoria Park District is trusting that this reopening will set the tone for 2021.With COVID-19 mitigation…

Sports reporter Dave Reynolds recently concluded a 38-year run with the Peoria Journal-Star, covering the Bradley men's basketball beat since 1990.He has…

The Peoria Public Schools board has voted 5-1 to suspend its basketball program until next spring.The decision, made by the board of education Monday…

As basketball and other winter high school sports still face uncertainty over the upcoming season amid a statewide surge in COVID-19 cases, Peoria-area…

Minor League Baseball announced Tuesday that its season is canceled for 2020. But the Peoria Chiefs are already looking ahead to next season.Peoria Chiefs…

UPDATED 5:55 P.M. | After 25 years in Peoria, the Illinois High School Association boys basketball tournament will once again call Champaign home.The…

The cancellation of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament in downtown Peoria took a toll on the city's hotels.On WTVP's At Issue, Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis…