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Bill Gould, commander of East Peoria VFW Post 2078, goes over paperwork Tuesday regarding this week's sale of the group's building at 123 Meadows Ave. Despite dwindling membership locally and the closure of posts nationally, Gould vows that his post will not only survive but buy or build a new site.

Lucas Joseph has a simple philosophy as he enters this weekend’s Class 2A Sterling Individual Wrestling Sectional. “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” the East Peoria junior said, after running his record to 38-0 with two dominating wins at the Washington Regional. The state’s fourth-ranked 220-pounder, who owns an area-best 27 pins, plans to continue his strategy of pushing the pace and wearing ...

The first of two public hearings about two business districts potentially headed for East Peoria's new downtown got little fanfare.   Only two people spoke, with one person who said he was fundamentally opposed to imposing any kind of additional tax, and the other thrilled to see development, "something other than dirt."

Good outside shooting by the Illinois Valley Central boys basketball team gave the Grey Ghosts a strong inside presence against host East Peoria on Saturday night. The Grey Ghosts hit five of their seven first-half 3-pointers in the first period to build an early double-digit lead on the way to a 56-44 nonconference win over the Raiders.

Coming off a 10-day break and with two starters on the bench, Dunlap started its girls basketball game against East Peoria a little rusty on Friday night. The Raiders took advantage early, but the Eagles found their rhythm late for a 44-33 Mid-Illini Conference win. Lexi Hobbs, the leading scorer in the M-I, and Kristeen Morgan both missed practice this week and didn’t start. EP raced to an 11-0 ...

East Peoria avoided a nightmare finish to an already hard-luck boys basketball season Saturday night, but did not avoid a 68-58 Mid-Illini Conference loss to Limestone. It was the 20th loss of the season for East Peoria, which looked as if it would lose all-everything guard Cory Crotz when he went down with 2:21 left in the first half with an apparent knee injury. The 6-foot senior guard was ...

A program that dredged thousands of tons of Illinois River silt and sediment to serve as topsoil for new parks in Chicago is proposed to dig in again, possibly by spring.

On Friday, East Peoria high school students heard that if they exceed expectations, people will notice. That was coming from the youngest member of Congress. Ever.

The first of two public hearings about two business districts potentially headed for East Peoria’s new downtown got little fanfare. Only two people spoke, with one person who said he was fundamentally opposed to imposing any kind of additional tax, and the other thrilled to see development, “something other than dirt.”

Too many metal recycling businesses throughout the state don’t ask questions about the more valuable materials they accept — making stealing those materials, quite often copper, a worthwhile risk. State Rep. Mike Unes wants to change that.