Germantown Hills News

Mr. and Mrs. Max Babcock of Morris will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 11, 2009.

Two Central Illinois soldiers are dead following a road-side-bomb attack in Afghanistan yesterday.

GERMANTOWN HILLS – Gifts from God don't always initially appear that way.

Are you in a "dead-end" job, unemployed, or thinking about a career change? If you are looking for the ideal job, there is no need to look any further.

But if you delay much longer - and by the looks of some of the properties in the Tri-County Area, you have - the government might be knocking on the door.

Here are growth limits for grass in several Tri-County Area communities and the punishment for not mowing.

When you walk into a banquet room at the Maple Lane Country Club, your eye is immediately drawn to a portrait hanging above the piano.

Teenagers planning mischief under cover of night, be warned: More police will be on the streets.

John Martin of Homebrewers of Peoria told us last week that a good beer incorporates a little sweetness, a little bitterness.

With spring in the air and April being National Poetry Month, students in Mr. Wiles' fifth-grade class at Germantown Hills wrote poetry and created artwork about baseball.

A Peoria Heights shop was transformed into a movie set Monday night. Cords and cables lined the floor of The Moon Dancer.

There is no bad blood between the two contenders for mayor of Germantown Hills. Marv Johnson has been mayor for 28 years and hopes to continue in that role.

Something got lost in the translation last year when the Pet Pantry decided to fashion an event for dogs after a children's Easter egg hunt.

To fight teen drinking, we need a bigger hammer. Not for the kids. But adults. Current laws are too weak when it comes to adults - typically, parents - who allow teen drinking parties.

Connie Wang was delighted to hear sidewalks will be built in her neighborhood to let children walk safely to Germantown Hills Elementary school.

A new law regulating lead content in children's products has put a brake on local dirt bike sales.

Posted Feb 23, 2009 @ 09:44 AM Last update Feb 23, 2009 @ 08:40 PM PEORIA - Aaron Myers said it isn't too hard to understand the economy made it too difficult to keep the Golden Corral restaurant in Washington ...

No matter the economic doldrums or the vanishing 401 savings, romance seems to triumph on Valentine's Day.

WMBD/WYZZ - Germantown Hills - A group of Germantown Hills 8th graders are taking action by spreading awareness on important social issues.

A Germantown Hills family comes home Sunday afternoon to find the place they live and many of their possessions destroyed by fire.