Peoria’s Jerrance Howard among ESPN ’s top young college basketball coaches

Peoria native Jerrance Howard was tabbed a "rising star of coaching's next generation" this week when the Kansas assistant was placed on ESPN's "40 Under 40" list of college basketball coaches.

PEORIA -- Bradley University is phasing out standardized-test scores as a requirement for admission.

Public health officials said Wednesday that an additional 192 people in Illinois have died from COVID-19, the highest one-day total to date.

PEORIA -- Three teenage boys have confessed to vandalizing Norwood Grade School and also throwing rocks at vehicles on Interstate 474, the Peoria County Sheriff announced Wednesday.

PEORIA -- Two more Interstate 474 motorists have reported damage from concrete chunks, which in one case were thrown at a truck.