19 August 2008, 12:42 am
Crowd control better at fair this year, officials sayThe State Journal-Register, IL - 15 hours agoHow and why the fighting starts outside the most heavily trafficked fairgrounds exit on the northwest side of Sangamon Avenue and Peoria Road still is ...... read more
18 August 2008, 5:34 am
Fighting breaks out at fairThe State Journal-Register, IL - Aug 18, 2008By Staff reports A relatively calm Illinois State Fair ended Sunday night in a series of near-riotous fighting at Peoria Road and Sangamon Avenue. ...... read more
17 August 2008, 2:03 pm
Iowa/Illinois briefsDubuque Telegraph Herald, IA - Aug 17, 2008PEORIA, Ill. -- Both sides say a tentative deal has been reached on a new contract between Illinois and the union representing more than 35000 state ...... read more
17 August 2008, 6:20 am
Massive Accident Diverts Traffic Near I-280WQAD, IL - Aug 17, 2008Police say 30-year-old Christopher Greer of Peoria was going westbound on I-280 when he collided with a tractor truck at mile post 15, near Milan. ...... read more
15 August 2008, 9:52 pm
Weber: 'Jamar Needs to Help Himself'Central Illinois Proud, IL - Aug 15, 2008WMBD/WYZZ-TV - PEORIA -- University of Illinois basketball coach is hoping one of his former players can turn his life around. And soon. ...... read more
12 August 2008, 5:35 pm
East Peoria hit-and-run still under investigationPekin Daily Times, IL - Aug 12, 2008By Robert Kerns EAST PEORIA - An Illinois State Police official says the driver of a semi-trailer that struck an East Peoria youth as he and a friend ...Teen hit by semi slowly recovering Peoria Journal St... read more