Illinois State University officials issued an emergency alert just before 8 p.m. on April 27, warning students, staff and local residents about shots being fired on or near the university campus. Here ...

Cassidy Miller has been hired as the new Canton head volleyball coach. Miller, a 2019 Canton graduate, was approved at last ...

Staff aces have stolen the show during the 2025 high school baseball season. These seven Peoria-area hurlers have come on ...

After plenty of solid spring sports performers over the last week, here are the Journal Star high school athlete of the week nominees for April 21-26. Head to www ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation has moved up the main truss demolition event for the McClugage Bridge due to ...

The Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors meet Monday for Game 4 of their best-of-7, first-round NBA Playoffs series. Tip ...

A Peoria man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly took a vehicle at gunpoint from a local car dealership during a test ...

Kai Yu, a native of China who played for Liberty last season, has emerged from the NCAA transfer portal to join the Bradley ...

Cal transfer Andrej Stojakovic has signed with the Fighting Illini, putting the former McDonald's All-American on the roster ...

East Peoria, Morton, IVC, Farmington and more: 16 breakout high school baseball and softball sluggers this IHSA spring season ...

The National Weather Service predicts severe weather in central Illinois and possibly Chicago early this week, with a chance ...

The McClugage Bridge will be closed entirely for about an hour on Wednesday, April 30, as demolition of the former eastbound ...