Canton News

Sylvia Heinze, RN, APN, MS, nurse manager at Tunnell Cancer Center, has passed the qualifying examinations in her doctorate nursing studies at the University of Kansas.

Stephen Goldring and his wife Edie were driving up 116 towards Peoria to start their Thursday morning shifts at Methodist Medical Center.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency , in partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources , will host a flood risk information open house for residents of Fulton County on Wednesday, Oct.

A two car crash in Fulton County today claims the life of a Peoria Heights man while sending three other people to area hospitals.

Topic: Sports & Recreation Football : McGuire Wins Power Points Published Online Sep 24, 2009 - 01:45 PM Email this to a friend Sarah McGuire of Brimson captured the top spot in the local Power Points competition for week one.

There was a "blackout" in the stands at a couple of local football games Friday night.

What is disc golf, exactly? Disc golf is essentially throwing a Frisbee or weighted disc at a stationary target.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French Tervagant. The term originates after an imaginary deity that Christians in medieval Europe erroneously believed was worshiped by Muslims.

A Canton, Ill., man was killed in a motorcycle crash Friday afternoon after driving head-on into an oncoming vehicle.

My grandmother Dorothy Glasford turned 91 this week. Here is a picture of her stopping to smell some flowers on her daily walk.

A community that has seen its downtown scarred by fires and the demolition of buildings is getting a new building as well as a chance to teach high school kids.

Governor Pat Quinn says the creation of more renewable energy jobs will help turn the sluggish economy turn around.

City Manager Jay Rogers' civic career started simply enough, as all great things do.

For parts of this past weekend, two ramps near the McClugage Bridge in East Peoria were closed.

Former city manager Jim Snider's desk was cleaned out and his office phone silent when the Times West Virginian caught up with him one last time before he headed home to Canton, Ill.

City council unanimously approved a familiar face to serve as interim city manager at Tuesday's meeting.

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City council will be appointing an interim city manager to fill the vacancy left open after Jim Snider leaves to take a job in his hometown Canton, Ill.

Two tornadoes were spotted this afternoon with the storms that rolled through the area.