The new splash pad at Lakeview Park in Peoria will be free to use and open all day with a shelter, swings and restrooms.

BEST readers weighed in on the nation's best running events. Two Chicago fun runs made the lists. Here's which ones.

The Illinois House passed a bill that would prevent third-party services from selling restaurant reservations without ...

Iowa freshman Aaliyah Guyton has entered the NCAA women's basketball transfer portal. The Peoria High graduate averaged 4.7 ...

More than 2,000 ballots were counted Tuesday in Peoria's municipal elections, showing tight races in two council districts.

Following his death in 2018, Heidelberg's family filed the lawsuit that was settled by the Peoria City Council on Tuesday night. The family claimed that investigators, including police and then Peoria ...

A Peoria man was arrested Friday after he allegedly stole someone's vehicle after breaking into their house. Ishmiel D. Gates, 33, was arrested after authorities say he broke into someone's home, took ...

Cottingham stepped up in a big way last week. The senior catcher hit a pair of home runs in beating Route 9 rival Tremont, 10 ...

Here are the Class 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A all-state boys basketball teams for 2024-25 picked by the Illinois media.

A new Latin American restaurant slated to open in June on the Peoria riverfront received a recommendation to grant site approval Monday from the city's liquor commission as it seeks to sell alcohol.

The new Casey's store on Lake Street in Tremont opened just days after the chain bought the property that was formerly home to BP Dlux.

The Washington City Council on Monday night approved increasing the number of allowable video gaming terminal licenses for ...