Kingston Mines News

An alleged drunken driver was blamed for a car wreck that backed up traffic at Illinois Routes 9 and 24 in Peoria County on Sunday night.

A view of Kingston Mines blues club on Lincoln Avenue. Photo by Brendan Leahy. At first glance, the place looks like a disaster.

WMBD/WYZZ- PEORIA - A Peoria man receives a special honor for his work in the community and with veterans.

The actor Judd Hirsch leans against the display case at S & J Jewelers, on the ground floor of the Monadnock building at Dearborn and Jackson.

Maybe you're a scene kid with an unspoken love of blues music and you've known how to play the harmonica since you were fifteen.

Two years after he disappeared from his business near West Chicago, relatives and friends of St.

I love the story and music from "Grease." I was only 8-years-old when the film version hit screens in 1978, so when the original musical story created by Chicago great Jim Jacobs first danced on the stage at ...

Posted on January 5th, 2009 in Columns , Monthly , Sweet Home by IE The Chicago blues community gathered on Wednesday, December 10th at the West Side's United Baptist Church to celebrate the life of one of ...

Pop quiz! What high school inspired "Grease," the Broadway musical-turned-film-turned-juggernaut about summer lovin', hot rods and rumbles? Answer: Taft High School in sweet home Chicago.

This Alligator Records live virtuoso was a Kingston Mines staple throughout the 1980s, drawing crowds with his long, fuzzy guitar solos.

We squatted down on the sand, silent in the dark, our eyes glued to the large hole in front of us.