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CHICAGO — At his daily address Thursday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker discussed alternative care facilities for patients of COVID-19. Pritkzer said that these facilities are being used as support...

WASHINGTON, Ill. — The City of Washington has banned open burning for the next 30 days. Mayor Gary Manier said in a statement on Washington’s Facebook page that open burning is temporarily...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, far exceeding a record high set just last week, a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst o...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has received more than 1,100 applications from retired and out of state healthcare workers wanting to help fight the coronavirus pandemic here. Gov. J-B Pritzker sai...

April 2, 2020 Q: Only 29 states have one of these. What is it? A: An official state dance  

PEORIA, Ill. — Until further notice, basketball enthusiasts won’t be able to play on Peoria Park District courts. To help curb further spread of COVID-19, the organization has taken down i...

PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria firefighter/paramedics were called out around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to 1615 N. Great Oak of a reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene and discovered heavy black s...

PEORIA, Ill. — The tri-county COVID-19 positive case count has risen by one. As of Wednesday’s Peoria City/County Health Department briefing, there were eight in Peoria. The new case, offi...

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is reminding Illinois residents how important filling out the 2020 Census is. The Census is used as a tool for the federal government to decide how to distr...

Alcohol sales in the U.S. are skyrocketing . . . sales were up 55% overall for the week that ended on March 21st. And there's a new online calculator that you can use to figure out just how much delic...