EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's Festival of Lights Parade returns on Saturday with 41 floats representing 41 years. "So, we've brought one back that has not been in the parade the past few years. We've got a trailer underneath it, and it will be making its return to the parade...so, we're excited. 6:30 p.m. and ...

PEORIA, Ill. - A major road project for Bellevue's portion of Harmon Highway is expected to start in a few weeks. IDOT announced that Illinois Route 116 will close to all traffic on January 2nd for the removal and replacement of the bridge over Kickapoo Creek, Kickapoo Creek Road, and the railroads. The more than $23 m...

PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenaged boys were arrested after allegedly stealing a vehicle late Saturday night. Peoria Police says officers responded to Forrest Hill and Gale just before 11:45 P.M. on reports of the stolen vehicle. The vehicle was spotted southbound on Molleck, with three males exiting the vehicle and fleeing o...

(Corrects day of the week in paragraph 1) By Nate Raymond Dec 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to extend a deadline for states to implement new immigration-related eligibility restrictions on...

PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria bus company has filed for bankruptcy protections. In a statement, Peoria Charter CEO and co-owner James Wang says the company filed for Chapter 11, Subchapter V, bankruptcy protection. Wang says the filing is due to Peoria Charter being unable to make a final balloon payment on a COVID-19 loan. ...

Dec 15 (Reuters) - A levee breach in Washington state following days of heavy rain has led to a flash flood warning and ‍evacuation orders, authorities said on Monday. The National Weather Service said it had issued a flash flood warning after a failur...

Dec 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. ‍Food and Drug Administration has ‌no ‌plans to put a "black box" warning ​on ‍COVID-19 ​vaccines, ​Bloomberg News ‍reported on Monday, citing ‍the agency's top official ‍Marty ‍Makary. (Reporting ​by ​Mariam ⁠Sunny ‌in Ben...

By Rich McKay and Helen Coster Dec 15 (Reuters) - One student dreamt of becoming a neurosurgeon after surviving brain surgery as a child. The other was hailed by friends at an ice cream shop where she worked as destined for greatness. Both had earned ‍...

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said ‍on Monday it plans to open a new aviation safety office as part ‌of a ‌strategic plan to improve hiring, training and proactively identify hazards before incidents ​occur. FAA Adm...

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - President ‍Donald Trump said on ‌Monday ‌he is considering signing an executive order ​to ‍reclassify ​marijuana as ​a ‍less dangerous drug. "We are looking at ‍that very strongly," ‍Trump ‍told ​reporters in ​the ⁠Oval ‌...