Northwestern University and the University of Chicago lost a bit of ground in the national rankings, but remain among the ...

Smithfield Foods' Monmouth plant faced prior OSHA fines for safety hazards before a worker died at the facility.

The Peoria County coroner has released autopsy findings for a 45-year-old former softball coach facing sex charges who died ...

Washington, Dunlap and Pekin high school athletes are among those up for the Journal Star Girls Athlete of the Week for Sept.

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The Peoria Rivermen have signed a goaltender who played a game for the Chicago Blackhawks AHL farm club, and a center who was born in Russia.

Bradley University jumped 14 spots from its 2026 U.S. News and World Report ranking into a multi-school tie for the 169th-best college in the U.S.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified Thursday in St. Louis, marking a major step toward sainthood for the central ...

The Peoria Riverfront Market said "we need your help" to move up in the rankings for a national competition among farmers markets.

The star of a Christmas classic is making his way to the Prairie Home Alliance Theater just ahead of the holidays. Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie in “A Christmas Story,” will be at the Civic ...

Watch: Nominees for Journal Star Boys Athlete of the Week for Sept. 14 ...