East Peoria News

Even though the sign on the artist's rendering reads "Des Plaines Casino" the new gambling operation that's planned for Des Plaines' southeast corner will bear a different name.

Gatehouse Media is increasing its presence in central Illinois. Just three months after purchasing the Peoria Journal Star and five other regional newspapers...the company announced today, they've added five weekly papers and four free shoppers to its organization.

A routine inspection, leads the Illinois Department of Transportation to put a weight limit on a local bridge.

Joy Belsley stacks bags of pet food Tuesday at the Meadows Veterinary Clinic in East Peoria, where she and other members of Food 4 Paws have started a food pantry for pets.

A big warehouse in East Peoria was burglarized this afternoon. East Peoria police were called to the federal warehouse storage facility on Route 1-16 around 1:30 after a semi-truck driver saw suspicious activity.

Less than two hours after three men robbed a woman in Columbus, Ohio, the victim notified police that one of them showed up at her home and asked her for a date.

The power of a good book is just a click away for many Central Illinois readers.

Anime-Zap! , an anime convention announced less than 72 hours before the convention began, brought 160 anime fans to the Hampton Inn in East Peoria, IL this weekend.

In the third year of a program to provide financial education at libraries, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation and the American Library Association have announced $1,522,122 in grants to 19 recipients as a part of the Smart investing@your library initiative.

There's a new fashion trend starting at East Peoria Community High School: The Raider string bag.

Jan. 12--PEORIA -- The recession has hit the lodging industry hard. Just ask Sami Qureshi.

A little Lebanese Restaurant in East Peoria is still thriving almost 25 years after first opening its' doors.

Danny Blight of Creve Coeur tried get to work Thursday morning, but he couldn't even make it off of his property.

We can now add Discovery Channel to the pantheon of networks that need to rethink how they vet -- or do not vet -- reality series participants.

Discovery says neither the network nor the show producers were involved in the hiring of an alleged bank robber on the Silver Spring-based network's most recent edition of the ocean-fishing show 'Deadliest Catch.'

Joshua Tel Warner was arrested in East Peoria, Ill., on New Year's Eve after a vehicle he was riding in was pulled over for a routine traffic stop, and cops discovered there was a warrant for his arrest in Oregon in connection with not one, not two, but three bank robberies, the Associated Press reports. Cops say he's the same Josh Warner who appeared as a greenhorn (a.k.a. newbie) deckhand on the fishing boat Wizard in the '09 season of Discovery's Thom Beers-produced reality series, which follows fishermen in the Bering Sea near Alaska.

Many area VFW posts are fighting to stay in business throughout Central Illinois.

Man Cannot Survive on Crab Alone: Bank Robbery Suspect Appeared on Discovery's 'Deadliest Catch' AP A man wanted for three bank robberies in Oregon appeared on Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" before being arrested, according to police, the Associated Press reports.

Throughout this weekend...you may get cozy by the fire or cuddle up with a blanket and a good book but some area residents rang in the New Year with a dip in the Illinois River.

Police say a man who appeared in the Discovery Channel show "Deadliest Catch" is wanted for three bank robberies in Oregon and has been arrested in Illinois.

The new year is often a time when people decide to lose some weight. And this year, if you go with one particular workout program, you can also help out St.

Donald K. Boutah, 34, of East Peoria; 9:56 p.m. Wednesday in the 80 block of West Third Street; Tazewell County warrant – failure to appear; taken to Lee County Jail.