Peoria firefighters and paramedics rescued a person trapped in a vehicle after an early morning crash on Interstate 74 and the person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Pekin DMV will switch to walk-in only services starting November 3, according to a Facebook post by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.

That is the No. 1 goal of the 256 teams starting the Illinois High School Association playoffs with games Friday and Saturday across the state — 20 of those programs in the Peoria area. So ...

Here are all of the first-round scores for our Rockford area teams from the IHSA and I8FA playoffs from Friday and Saturday ...

Some Chicago-area residents may see showers arriving Saturday afternoon, while other parts of the region could remain dry.