PEKIN - Kids just don't know any better. They don't know any better than to be hopeful and creative.

MAPLETON - A fire Monday night north of Mapleton appeared to cause little obvious damage to a house.

PEORIA - After nearly 45 minutes of debate, the Peoria City Council approved an ordinance that granted the mayor emergency powers until the next council meeting.

In his high school senior yearbook, John Hammond stated he wanted to become Minonk's first pope. That didn't happen.

PEORIA - With 19 distribution points across the city, the Peoria Public Schools meals program has handed out every weekday more than 4,000 meals for children since the day after schools shut down last week.