An advocacy group with ties to Washington, D.C., is working to bring a national cruise line to the Illinois River that would make a stop in Peoria.

The Illinois Manufacturing Hall of Fame was established last year and recognizes manufacturing in Illinois. A ceremony will be held June 26 at 11 a.m. at the Westin Chicago Lombard.

Career averages: 14.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists Best season averages (2015-16): 16.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.4 assists Illinois basketball was in transition in the early 2000s, turning the ...

A remote indigenous tribe Amazon tribe in Brazil has sued The New York Times and others, claiming a story about its first exposure to the internet has led to widespread reports that its members ...

Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains at the behest of a ...

In November 2024, the site of Peoria's historic Apollo theater was among a set of buildings put on the market with an initial sale price of $750,000. As of May 2025, it remained unsold.

On Wednesday, Peoria attorney Ronald Hanna was appointed as U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Peoria and Rock Island divisions of the Central District of Illinois. Hanna was appointed based upon the ...

The historical society is sponsoring a community-driven project seeking to capture and preserve Southtown’s history called “Place and Displacement: The History of Urban Renewal in Peoria’s ...

Soldiers of the Illinois Army National Guard returned to Peoria Air National Guard Base in Illinois on April 12 after a 10-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

Mrs. Illinois Black United States 2025 Jaleesha Allen, left, watches as Peoria High senior Jhe'Nay Wells models the prom dress she won in the Real Queens of Impact: Prom Dream Giveaway on Friday ...

Illinois returns nearly 1,500 acres of stolen land to state's first federally recognized tribe The land in southern Dekalb County once belonged to Chief Shab-eh-nay of the Prairie Band Potawatomi ...