The Quad Con pop culture convention and the River City Pride Fest are among the highlights of things happening in the Peoria area this weekend.

The Senate passed about $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting; the Justice Department fired prosecutor Maurene Comey; there were new Israel ...

The meeting started with a message from newly appointed President James Shadid, an alumnus and former Bradley Baseball player. Shadid was away from Peoria, but players say he called to reaffirm his ...

In 2018, Kroger also closed two of its longtime locations in Peoria — the Harmon Highway store near South Peoria and the Wisconsin Avenue store in the East Bluff. Love food? Get the latest food news ...

The Peoria German American Society is selling The Lindenhof and moving to a new location. Here are details and reasoning on the transition.

Peoria's City Council approves a $300,000 arts grant budget for FY 2026, funding 30 diverse cultural projects.

Peoria PD welcomed preschoolers from the Primrose School of Fletcher Heights and taught around 13 three- and four-year-olds about protecting themselves, the power of saying “no,” and how police ...

An $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders — current and former — ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — Legendary pop singer Connie Francis, known for the hit song “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” and the viral “Pretty Little Baby,” has died at 87.

The Zohran Mamdani victory in the Democratic mayoral primary last month was a big surprise for the New York political class, ...

Peoria County Chief Judge Katherine Gorman denied his release, and he will remain in jail until his trial. Gorman cited his ...

Former NHL goaltender Wayne Thomas, who went on to have a lengthy career in hockey as a coach and an executive, has died from ...