Princeville News

An early morning blaze reduced what was once a popular ballroom to rubble. Although The Hub, built by Bert Potter in 1938, was sold almost 40 years later, Potters family says the original ballroom had a rich history.

It's a place of many memories for folks in Central Illinois and now memories are all that's left of the Hub Ballroom in Edelstein.

Woke very early this morning to the fire crews working to control the blaze at the Hub.

More than 20 emergency response agencies from all over the county descended on the Shoppes at Grand Prairie for the expo.

WMBD/WYZZ - PEORIA -- A Princeville infant was found dead in his father's home Saturday morning.

Peoria police and the coroner's office are investigating the death of a 21-month old boy tonight.

Four employees were arrested Wednesday night for allegedly selling alcohol to minors during alcohol countermeasure enforcement by Illinois State Police throughout the area.

Milton Smith just got started planting corn on his Princeville farm when rain put everything on hold - a feeling that's becoming familiar to farmers and other area businessmen.

The cycling community hopes that silence will speak louder than words. At 7 p.m. May 20, central Illinois bicyclists will join other enthusiasts around the world in a ride to honor and memorialize cyclists killed in traffic accidents.

Howard B. Sr. Shacklett, also spelled Schackett / Schacklett. Howard married Evelyn M. Phipps on 9-9-1926, in Princeville, Il.

While the nation focuses on economic recovery in terms of corporate bailouts with billion-dollar price tags, Daniel Martin, 66, sees economic stimulus in a sack of potatoes and a bag of onions.

More than 70 schools from central Illinois, including eight from Peoria District 150 alone, have been named to the Illinois Honor Roll for 2008.

Morton senior soccer player Kristin Dierker signed with Division I Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville on Wednesday.

Pooh the cat was a very good cat and a very bad cat. Pooh had the uncanny ability to alert owner Veldalou Renken as to any problems with the ailing 77-year-old's medical equipment.

The Princeville Lions Club is accepting donations for a couple whose house was destroyed by fire on Thursday.

Firefighters remain at the scene of a vacant house that caught fire this morning.

With 2009 right around the corner, many people are gearing up to set resolutions for the New Year.

Four Peoria County businesses were cited Monday night for allegedly selling alcohol to a minor during a sting conducted by Illinois State Police.

Heavy rain and violent winds throughout central Illinois caused power outages and other damage Saturday.