After plenty of solid winter sports performers over the last week, here are the Journal Star high school athlete of the week nominees for Dec. 16-21. Head to pjstar ...

Peoria has some of the top high school basketball teams in the state — each set to test themselves across Illinois in 2024 holiday tournaments.

A 5-2 vote established the levy of $2,297,352 for 2024, an 8.56% increase from the 2023 levy. The city's portion of the tax, which is what will raise property taxes in Washington, stands at 6.04%, ...

PEORIA - A restaurant proposing to open in the historic Powell Press Building anticipates it will cost roughly $95,000 to transform the 172-year-old building into a full-time restaurant.

Peoria High boys basketball, Richwoods girls basketball and Eureka cross country teams are the latest inductees into the GPSHOF.

The Illini are bringing in another member of Wisconsin's former defensive front, this time on the interior of the line.

A local music festival known for its camping and free-spirited ambiance will undergo significant changes for its 2025 show, ...

Legendary country musicians Clint Black and Diamond Rio will headline the 2025 Knox County Fair in Knoxville next summer, according to a social media post last week. Tickets are between $35 and $45 ...

Grievance is a quantity as old as the sport itself. Subjectivity has essentially always sat at the root of the way we decide ...

James Miller, 39, of Peoria, was pronounced dead at 8:10 p.m. at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center after he was shot in a home in the 300 block of East Arcadia Avenue earlier that night.

The calendar hasn't turned from 2024 to 2025, yet already Illinois basketball's NCAA tournament resume is being built for ...

Leila Mohamed, 41, and Zilan Sino, 15, both of Columbus, Ohio, were pronounced dead at 4:22 a.m. at the scene of the crash on I-74 at mile marker 71 near the Bell School Road exit, according to Peoria ...