The land will clear the way for the start of a construction project on Pekin's major thoroughfare. But the city and CVS are at an impasse.

A tough IHSA playoff loss last season put a chip on the shoulder of Wes Gudeman and his Morton basketball teammates. So far, so good this season.

A two-vehicle crash along Interstate 74 in Knox County on Thursday morning has led to the deaths of two people.

A reference to shooting a student during a class Wednesday led to the arrest of a student teacher with District 50 in Washington, according to an email obtained by the Journal Star.

The Pekin Police Department said Thursday that a narcotics raid at a home in south Pekin was being falsely framed as an immigration raid on social media.