the Peoria Journal Star

The father of a northwest suburban high school basketball player died Monday morning in an I-88 crash while traveling to see his son play in a basketball tournament, Pioneer Press reports.

TLC singer T-Boz is calling for justice after her cousin, who she said was mentally ill, died after being shot by police 18 times in Peoria last week.

Peoria police say a bank robbery suspect was shot and killed amid gunfire from officers after an hours-long standoff.

A museum in Peoria is preparing to install a 31-foot-tall, 19-ton painted bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln standing with a modern-day man holding the Gettysburg Address.

Reporter Chris Kaergard will chop off his “budget beard” Saturday to benefit charities that have been affected by the state’s ongoing budget impasse. Last year, Kaergard vowed not to shave his facial hair until a budget deal was reached in Springfield.

The reporter who vowed not to shave his beard until a budget deal is reached in Springfield has decided to chop off the facial hair if lawmakers approve a stopgap funding compromise Thursday.

A handful of Illinois newspapers printed front page editorial urging lawmakers to pass a budget Wednesday.

During an interview last week, former Rep. Aaron Schock admitted to making “honest mistakes” as a congressman, but denied violating federal law.