Illinois organizers will join a national mobilization June 27 to offer an inclusive alternative to America's 250th. Find ...

The 42-year-old Pekin man traveled to Peoria with the intention to engage in sexual acts with a 10-year-old girl, prosecutors ...

Here are six events you might want to check out in the Peoria area this weekend. Old Settlers Days in Metamora. Old Settlers ...

The Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays play the first game of a 4-game series Thursday in Toronto, Ontario, at 7:07 p.m. ET.

The Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals play the final game of a 4-game NL East series Thursday in Washington, D.C ...

Will Illinois be sunny on the Fourth of July? Will you need to pack an umbrella or a tube of sunscreen? While it's still too early for the National Weather Service to issue a forecast, the Weather ...

Prizes up to $600: Claim at an Illinois Lottery retailer, a Claim Center, by mail, or via an e-Claim. By mail, send the required documentation to: Illinois Lottery Claims Department, P.O. Box 19080, ...

Joanne Glasser, the first woman to serve as president of Bradley University, has died, the school announced June 23.

This is the second poll in a series the Journal Star will roll out this summer, asking readers to select various superlatives ...

Ideal US Talent Worker OpCo LLC intends to lay off 1,395 workers in Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane and Kendall counties on July 1, ...

No one won the $467 million Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. The winning numbers for the June 23 drawing were 48, 51, 60, 63, 66, and the Mega Ball was 20. The jackpot ...

A deadly severe weather outbreak over the weekend brought Illinois' preliminary tornado count for the year to 200, more than doubling the count of any other state. Forty tornado reports were filed ...