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(Photo By Flickr User something.from.nancy) “All You Can Eat And The Best Seats In Town!”It's the 5th Annual 4th of July Backyard BBQ at the Peoria Riverfront Museum!This Backyard BBQ...

(Photo By Flickr User UrbanPromise) Former Chicago Bears & Carolina Panthers football star Charles "Peanut" Tillman, will headline the inaugural Journal Star (PJ Star) Best of Central Illinoi...

 (Photo Courtesy Of Flickr) “The Summer Season is finally here!”On this day, we are showing the city of Metamora, IL some love and help spread the word on their big Summer event!...

(Photo By Flickr User Jason Persse) Dr. Dre is pledging $10 million toward the construction of a Performing Arts Center at Compton High School.The Compton Unified School District said this week t...

(Photo By Flickr User State Farm) It was a mixed year for area companies in the newly released 2017 Fortune 500 list of major world corporations.Caterpillar fell from 59th to 74th place since las...

(Photo By Flickr User Roger Smith) With summer arriving and only 35 percent of Americans planning to take a family vacation away from home this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today ...

(Photo By Flickr User D Coetzee) The final chapter of the ’17 IHSA Class 3A & Class 4A Boys Baseball & Girls Softball State Finals (Kings & Queens Of The Diamond Part II) conclu...

(Photo By Flickr User Joe Shlabotnik)  "There ain’t nobody here but us turkeys, there ain’t nobody here at all; so calm yourself and stop that fuss, there ain’t nobody here...

(Photo By Flickr User Simon_sees) If you want to play catch-up with Part I of the 2017 IHSA Class 1A & Class 2A Boys Baseball/Girls Softball State Finals, here are the results as follows:R...

 (Photo By Flickr User David Feltkamp) Taking place on the Riverfront in downtown Peoria, the 46th Annual Steamboat Days Festival combines a bigger, better carnival, delicious food and drink...