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PEKIN, Ill. — Illinois State Police and Pekin Police were called to the Pekin Gun and Sporting Goods store, located at 281 Derby Street, Thursday morning. A car apparently crashed into the front...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of h...

WASHINGTON (AP) – About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring so...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J-B Pritzker announced on Wednesday $900 million in grants for Illinois communities and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pritzker said for many people, weat...

PEORIA, Ill. — Northwoods Mall in Peoria is turning an empty parking lot into a drive-in theater beginning this weekend through July 11. Free family-friendly movies will be shown each Friday and...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nearly 30,000 tests for COVID-19 were taken from Tuesday to Wednesday at labs across Illinois, with 546 coming back positive. There have been 87 deaths reported over that sam...

PEORIA, Ill. — A Tazewell County woman in her 80s is the area’s most recent COVID-19 victim to succumb to the illness. Her death, reported Wednesday, brings Tazewell’s death count to...

WASHINGTON, Ill. — A body found Wednesday morning in Washington has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley said 34-year-old Kyle McMurtrey was pronounced dead at 10:15. Washingt...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded Wednesday to the 5300 block of W. Landens Way just before 8:00 a.m. for a fire in a hotel room. While en-route, dispatchers received report...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters responded to a vehicle fire around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of E. Fairoaks Avenue. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Ralph Phillips said crews found the ...