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PEORIA, Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Mass Transit District has announced that CityLink will fully resume regularly scheduled fixed route bus service and hours of operation on Monday, June 29. "Since Gov...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Boyd Gaming has announced that East Peoria's Par-A-Dice Casino will resume operations on Wednesday, July 1 with reduced hours and at 50% capacity. Guests of the casino will be req...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just before 1:30 a.m. Friday to a fire at a residence in the 2000 block of W. Malone. "When first crews arrived, they found heavy smoke coming showing fro...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Storms moving into the Peoria area Friday evening could be strong to severe, according the news partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins. "A cold front interacting with hot an...

(AP) - Chuck E. Cheese is filing for bankruptcy protection. The 43-year-old chain, which drew kids with pizza, video games and a singing mouse mascot, was struggling even before the coronavirus pandem...

Peoria "Bomb Squad" members sentenced PEORIA, Ill. -- 13 members of the Peoria street gang known as the "Bomb Squad" were sentenced in Federal Court. After two weeks, the sentencing hearings wrapped u...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As of Friday, Illinois moves into the next-to-last phase of Restore Illinois. Phase four, "Revitalization," allows for restaurants and bars to resume indoor seating. Additionally,...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- For the third consecutive day, Illinois has seen an increase from the day before in newly-reported COVID-19 cases. The Illinois Department of Public Health said 894 coronavirus te...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A female Peoria County resident in her 80s has died from COVID-19, the 27th coronavirus-related death in the county. Regionally, the death toll stood Thursday at 36. There have been tw...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As the state prepares to move Friday into phase four of Restore Illinois, metro areas are hoping the move will help record-high unemployment numbers brought on by COVID-19. Data r...