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A supposedly haunted mental hospital opened in 1902 in central Illinois will reopen to the public again this weekend for paranormal investigations.

A supposedly haunted mental hospital opened in 1902 in central Illinois will reopen to the public again this weekend for paranormal investigations.

A supposedly haunted mental hospital opened in 1902 in central Illinois will reopen to the public again this weekend for paranormal investigations.

The hometown of Chicago Bears’ biggest rivals came in at No. 3.

An off-road recreational vehicle carrying seven people crashed with a pickup truck at a rural intersection in central Illinois, killing two of the riders, police said.

Several stolen BMW SUVs were recovered Thursday morning after they were taken from a dealership in the Peoria area and chased for more than 100 miles into the Chicago area.

A jury’s paperwork mix-up resulted in a central Illinois judge announcing a not guilty verdict in a murder trial, only to inform the defendant minutes later that he had in fact been convicted.

A central Illinois school district has extended students’ winter break by one week to give administrators time to prepare for in-person learning as the omicron variant fuels a surge in COVID-19 cases

National reports of fungus and wet weather threatening U.S. pumpkin crops may have pumpkin lovers spooked ahead of Halloween and Thanksgiving. But pumpkin farmers and experts say there is nothing to fear locally.

The city of Peoria has recorded 26 homicides this year, which breaks at least a 30-year record.

The name of a Peoria school will change from Thomas Jefferson to a civil rights activist.

The Board of Education in Peoria has voted to remove the name of the third U.S. president from a city primary school because of his legacy on human rights and slavery

The first coronavirus vaccination in Illinois outside of Chicago was administered Tuesday at a hospital in Peoria with Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state’s top health official observing.

One of the final two regions without heightened restrictions in Illinois has now triggered enhanced mitigations from the state, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday.

Another Illinois region will see heightened coronavirus restrictions beginning this week as Region 3 triggered the state’s mitigation plan, the ninth of Illinois’ 11 regions to do so.

Eight of Illinois’ 11 regions will see added coronavirus restrictions this week as numbers spike across the state.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker imposed new mitigations for another Illinois region as COVID-19 metrics surge, saying state police will be taking “more stringent” measures to ensure businesses follow guidelines.

The last three Illinois regions without enhanced coronavirus mitigations could see new restrictions beginning as soon as this weekend, Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned Wednesday.

Teachers and staff at a central Illinois high school are mourning the weekend deaths of four young women who were killed when their vehicle left a roadway and slammed into a tree. All four women killed in early Sunday’s crash in Peoria were Manual Academy graduates. Authorities identified them as Jazzman Burns, 22, a 2016 graduate; Quanylan Thomas, 19, a…

At least 13 people were shot after a large fight broke out at a gathering in Peoria early Sunday morning. According to Peoria police, officers were called to a large fight near the intersection of Water Street and Hamilton Street at approximately 4:41 a.m. Sunday. During the fight, which started within a group of nearly 200 people, gunfire erupted during…