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CANTON, Ill. — There won’t be a Spoon River Scenic Drive Fall Festival this year. The Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Association voted Wednesday night to cancel the annual event due to on...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits remained stuck at 1.3 million last week, an historically high level that indicates many companies are still cutting jobs ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded around 12:20 a.m. Thursday to a home in the 2100 block of W. North Circle Court on reports of a residential fire. Residents of the home were awakened...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Flood Warning for… Woodford County in central Illinois… Tazewell County in central Illinois… Northwestern McLean County in cent...

PEORIA, Ill. — Severe thunderstorms caused flash flooding in the Peoria area. Due to an extreme torrential downpour of rain late Wednesday afternoon, several people had to be rescued from their ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Intensive care unit bed usage for coronavirus went up Wednesday throughout the Peoria area, as did non-ICU bed occupancy. The rolling 28-day hospital admission rate went up two po...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As cases of COVID-19 resurge across the nation, including Illinois, albeit to a lesser extent than some “hotspots,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a statewide m...

PEORIA, Ill. — The St. Jude Runs look a little different this year. Since 1982, St. Jude Runs have raised nearly $62 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee...

(UNDATED) — Walmart is the latest national chain of stores to require its customers to wear masks or facial coverings in-store. The change will begin next week. Starbucks and Best Buy announced ...

PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — A 20-year-old man is recovering after a fall at Rocky Glen Park in Peoria County. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said the man suffered a head injury around 4:45 p.m. Tu...