Answer: Amazing and true: On April 4, 1870, a day after the passage of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, a barber in El Paso was escorted to the polls and David A. Strother ...

In Peoria, Perkins American Food Co. is temporarily closed, according to signs posted to the establishment’s front doors. “WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS PERKINS IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED,” the ...

An 1890s-era Peoria mansion has been sold by former Peoria entrepreneur Kim Blickenstaff. Blickenstaff's KDB Group sold the 8,750-square-foot Spurck Mansion, which sits at 1509 N. Knoxville Ave.

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As a senior at Peoria High, Guyton averaged 26.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.2 steals in 18 games. Out of high school, she choose Iowa over Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan State and ...

Karen Joy Masus, 75, passed away Friday, March 14, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to Frank and Sarajane Larson on October 11, 1949, in Aurora, IL. She was a longtime and ...

The skeletal remains found in a car pulled from the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois this week was confirmed Thursday to be those of Karen Schepers — who was last seen nearly 42 years ago.

A Peoria man was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in ... According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of Illinois, prosecutors said at Tuesday's sentencing hearing that Turner had ...

ELGIN, Illinois -- Skeletal human remains have been ... initial search confirmed investigators' suspicions. It belonged to Karen Schepers, an Elgin woman who disappeared more than 40 years ago.