As of April 2013, the city of East Peoria has received $15,748 in video gaming revenue, but East Peoria Mayor Dave Mingus is not sure the money is worth it.
Mingus said he is not a proponent of video gaming in East Peoria.

SPRINGFIELD -- An unusual surge in tax collections coming into the state in April allowed Illinois to make substantial payments to a number of vendors, including social-service agencies, but the state comptroller is warning officials not to get...

East Peoria won its second Class 3A regional championship in three years during a 23-4 softball season in 2013.
The Raiders also were the undisputed Mid-Illini Conference champions with a 14-0 record. It was their second straight league title.

Chris Young is planning ahead.
When he retires from the National Guard in two years, his plan is to have a successful business.
Young, 43, of Morton, opened Title Boxing Club in East Peoria June 12.

The last thing that Jean Driscoll wants from anyone is pity.
Driscoll was born in the mid-1960s with spina bifida, an open spine. She has spent the majority of her life in a wheelchair, but she has not let that limit her.

GRANVILLE -- Closing the doors of a 43-year local institution was not something that longtime independent pharmacy owner Marlin Weekley of Metamora wanted to be doing last month.

The American Pickers' trip through Washington will air 8 p.m. June 10.

East Peoria was a team that made big strides in the second half of the baseball season.
“I can't help but gauge where we got to from where we started,” EPCHS head coach Matt Plummer said.

Ten-plus years of work on the Farm Creek Bridge project has paid off in more ways than one.
In addition to the goal of making the area safer for motorists, those involved on the work done on the bridge earned a prestigious award.

FREEPORT — Jake Olberding enrolled at Highland Community College thinking it would be an affordable higher education option, but he’ll pay more for tuition this fall because his school is squeezed by Illinois’ $5.8 billion backlog...

Two players accustomed to delivering in big situations came through again May 21 for the East Peoria softball team.