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One of two Limestone High School students arrested for having a gun in school last month pleads guilty to unlawful possession...
Because of the proximity of Thursday's homicide, as a precaution on Friday, Dunlap Schools activated what's known as ...
A tenured Peoria School District 150 teacher fired this past spring has filed suit against the district asking for her job ba...
Kayla Trueblood, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a felony.She was sentenced to thr...
Textbooks and bus drivers. Those have been hot button items within Peoria Public Schools since the start of the school year a...
The sheriff of Kern County, Calif., says a 16-year-old student shot at a high school in rural Taft is in critical but stable ...
The assignments have been made. Now it's up to the high schoolers to complete their robotics. Bradley University hosted a reg...
Wetzel Hall on the campus of Western Illinois University has been imploded.Wetzel Hall opened in September of 1970 and was us...
(Photo courtesy of Bradley University) "It helps students become more aware of the types of oppression people face,"...
An unloaded gun was found in Limestone High School Tuesday prompting a lockdown of the facility. Two male students, ages 14 a...
Students and parents walking to Harrison Learning Center in Peoria for school Wednesday morning got a lesson in pedestrian sa...
An armed standoff at a north central Illinois high school has ended without any injuries. Police say an 18-year-old man carry...
A Dunlap teacher resigns after administrators discover he was secretly video taping students at Dunlap Valley Middle and Dunl...
It happens every summer and this year is no exception. The American Red Cross is in need of blood donations of all types.Mid-...
Effective July 1st, Peoria Public Schools will change food providers. The District 150 Board Monday night approved the low bi...
The are reports of a bank robbery which occurred in Delavan Monday, sometime before the end of the noon hour. News partner WE...
The top elected city of Peoria official got to participate in a Q & A with Washington Gifted Middle School students Tuesday. ...
Peoria School District 150 Superintendent Grenita Lathan admits the district has been going through a case of what she calls ...
A brief community rally brought out parents, students and other supporters of the Illini Bluffs teachers Tuesday afternoon. T...
One man is shot in both legs during an overnight incident.Police found the victim, identified as a white male in his 30's...
The Peoria County Board's Executive Committee has unanimously OK'ed terms for a county loan to Quest Charter Academy. The 9-0...
A tentative agreement which has sent striking Illini Bluffs teachers back to work will be voted on this week. Teachers will b...
Increasing student achievement is the main goal behind a strategic plan put forth by Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Gre...
Four children suffer what are considered minor injuries after their school bus is hit by another vehicle. The accident happen...
Peoria District 150 Superintendent Grenita Lathan is about to get a new four-year contract. The school board will vote on the...
The Illinois State Board of Education today considers raising the performance levels of the Illinois Standards Achievement Te...
One of the biggest challenges facing the Peoria District 150 school board in 2012 will carry over into the new year.Board pre...
The featured speaker at Thursday's Peoria Public Schools all-staff event was quite "frank" with the state of ed...
It's more of a challenge to get African-American males to stay in school beyond high school -- and keep them there. Agbara Br...
The arts are getting a big boost here in Central Illinois.Illinois Central College says it plans to start awarding scholarshi...
The ELITE program is officially all set to go again at Trewyn School. The District 150 school board approved Carl Cannon'...
"Toys, Treasures and Traditions" is the theme for this year's 124th Peoria Santa Claus Parade. The parade starts at...
Parent University begins in Peoria School District 150.This is the latest effort to get parents involved in their children's ...
Two Peoria District 150 school board seats will be up for grabs during the March Primary. The District 2 seats occupied by cu...
Martha Ross is one step closer to another 5-year term on the Peoria District 150 school board.Ross is the only candidate to f...
Two area teachers are among 29 to be honored this week during a luncheon at the Governor's Mansion in Springfield.The Sta...
Riverview Grade School near Bayview Gardens is placed on lockdown for about half-hour Monday morning.The lockdown started aft...
How did marijuana get onto the campus of Hines Primary School in Peoria and how did it get there? That's what Peoria poli...
(TRANSPOSED DIRECTLY FROM THE PEORIA JOURNAL STAR) Gary Childs, a reporter at the Journal Star for more than 30 years, died F...
Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford is reminding Illinois residents that opening a Bright StartCollege Savings account can help...
On Friday night, Peoria police arrested Amanda M. Ludwig, a Manual Academy teacher, based upon an investigation conducted joi...
The union representing faculty at Spoon River Community College has filed a 10-day strike notice.Stacy Swanson is president o...
The Spoon River College Board of Trustees has approved a new two-year contract with its faculty.The contract was ratified by ...
"Testing and Preparing for Tomorrow" is the theme behind the second series workshops as part of Peoria Public Schoo...
(From WEEK News 25) - A bomb threat at East Peoria High School three weeks ago.A handgun at Limestone High School last week.T...
Four schools in Peoria School District 150 make adequate yearly progress based on test scores from last spring. That compared...
(From WEEK News 25) - Monday's shooting rampage is the first of its kind this year.The alleged shooter TJ Lane is accused...
The cost of taking classes at Illinois Central College is going up. The Journal Star reports trustees have approved a hike of...
A Farmington teen accused of threatening to shoot up his high school pleas tothe lesser charge.The 16 year old boy admits to ...
It's heard again Monday night. Procedures are in place in Peoria Public Schools to deal with student discipline. But, the...
National recognition for a Peoria school.Charter Oak Primary School is selected as a Blue Ribbon school by U.S. Education Sec...
A 15-year old boy who is a Dunlap High School student is booked on a misdemeanor drug possession charge.The student was arres...
It's full speed ahead for Quest Charter Academy after a $500,000 loan from the Peoria County Board is unanimously approve...
Students walked out of Peoria's Irving School for the last time Friday afternoon. After 114 years of serving students, Ir...
"It's the conclusion of a long year and half." Lincoln School principal Ursula Brown says the new addition to h...
Peoria School District 150 is releasing information about an attempted abduction at one of its primary schools. A district sp...
A job training agreement between Peoria and District 150 is almost in place.Peoria Public Schools said YES to it Monday night...
Transportation issues are still causing headings within Peoria Public Schools...for parents, students and the administration....
A new principal will take over Monday at Manual Academy.Officials withPeoria Public Schools have confirmed former Manual Assi...
The objective of measuring student achievement through No Child Left Behind has worn out its welcome.That's the feeling o...
There could be a new high school football conference for the Peoria schools starting next year. The Peoria Public Schools Boa...
The pedestrian-car accident Monday afternoon near Richwoods High School is a stark reminder school has started. Authorities s...
Illinois' senior U-S Senator visited Bradley University Friday to promote the extension of a key federal student loan bil...
(AP) - A law enforcement official says Texas authorities have at least one person in custody in connection to the Lone Star C...
The Peoria Public Schools Board of Education has made it's official decision about two administrators who were fighting d...
The Peoria District 150 school board gets a report on discipline through the first nine weeks of the school year, and one boa...
An emergency dispatcher certification program that is the first of its type in downstate Illinois will begin training student...
A political analyst for the Fox News Channel will be the featured speaker during Eureka College's Reagan Day dinner next ...
Support for charter schools, a longer school day, an International Baccalaureate high school and increased parental involveme...
(From WEEK News 25) - Bradley University's historic Westlake Hall now combines past with present after a $24 million ...
The Illini Bluffs School board has turned down a bargaining session with the teachers union that would have been mediated by ...
Peoria School District 150's tax levy is going up - but the tax bill for homeowners in the district will go down.It's...
A five and half hour negotiation Sunday brought a tentative agreement to end the week and a half Illini Bluffs teachers strik...
Peoria Public Schools needs substitute teachers. And, it's a concern of the district's teachers' union president....
The Illinois State Board of Education is recommending full funding for school districts for next school year.Peoria District ...
Just what is the proper deterrent to bad behavior in schools? That topic is discussed during Monday night's Peoria Distri...
Early Childhood classes at Central Intermediate School in Washington will not be held today because of cleanup from a Monday ...
A Washington attorney wants to be a Tazewell County board member. 28-year old Andrew Rinehart is announcing his candidacy as ...
An IVC School District teacher accused of sexual relations with a high school student, is out on bond.22 year old Mossville i...
A registered sex offender seen talking with children in a Peoria School District 150 cafeteria Thursdayis arrested. The Journ...
A Canton grade school is placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure as police arrest what was described as a wanted fugiti...
Troubling allegations against a Mossvile teacher. Kayla Trueblood, 22, a teacher at Mossville Junior High and Elementary scho...
Reports of an apparent "school prank" forced a Code Red lockdown at Pontiac High School Wednesday. Sources indicate...
Peoria Public School officials are smiling and they're passing along the smiles to taxpayers.A newly released audit shows a &...
A couple of former Bradley University students are now the owners of Field of Dreams.An investment group owned by Mike and De...
(AP) - University of Illinois students will vote next month on a $25-per-semester fee administrators hope will raise fund...
A month after the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a local school district is consi...
Some people aren't sure how they feel about this.A teacher at Peoria Notre Dame High School is offering students extra cr...
The Alma Mater sculpture that's greeted students at the University of Illinois' Urbana campus for more than 80 years ...
Former Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Glen Barton has been appointed to a new state commission dealing with charter schools.Bar...
Two Ohio high school football players have been found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl in a case that roiled a sma...
(Photo courtesy of News 25)Do you know how to spell polymorphic?Well, Sydnee O'Donnell does.That's the word that brou...
A former Dunlap teacher accused of videotaping the underwear of middle school students learned his fate Wednesday.Gordon Mill...
An issue in the Chicago teachers union strike plays a somewhat familiar tune in Peoria Public Schools.Former District 150 tea...
(From WEEK News 25) - It's back to class at Trewyn Middle School, and this year, new lessons are keeping the students in line...
A 17-year old Illini Bluffs High School student is in critical condition following a car accident in East Peoria. According t...
A juvenile boy who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for threatening to shoot people at Farmington High School, says he ne...
(AP) - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Illinois State University have the lowest student loan default rate...
A high school teacher at Manual Academy will make a first federal court appearance Monday.Amanda Ludwig, 28, is charged with ...
The Chairman of the Illinois Board of Education wants parents to get involved to protest possible cuts to education.The state...
Trick or Treat runs from 4:30 to 6:30 Wednesday night in Peoria.Parents are being urged to have their kids home no later than...
What appears to be mounting discontent from some within the rank and file of Peoria Public Schools, culminated Monday night. ...
The District 150 School Board has agreed to purchase some parcels of land near Peoria High School. The property at 1716 North...
Peoria Police arrested Amanda M. Ludwig, a Manual Academy teacher, Friday night at the Manual basketball game.District 150 of...
It's the first annual "Students Against Violence Week" beginning Monday in Peoria Public Schools.District 150 S...
The consequences of bullying and other hate crimes can be serious and lasting. That's the message Illinois Attorney General L...
What to do with a couple of former school buildings. The Peoria District 150 school board Monday night will be asked to decla...
There were 1,218 suspensions in Peoria Public Schools the first quarter of the school year.That's up just over 100 from t...
The 100th birthday of Rosa Parks is recognized during a celebration at CityLink's Transit Center in downtown Peoria.Parks...
A Federal Grand Jury has indicted a Peoria teacher for trying to have sex with a student.Enticement of a minor is the legal d...
(From WEEK News 25) - Peoria Police are investigating a shooting that left a Manual High School student injured.Authorities s...
The President of Eureka College calls him a 'thoughtful media provocateur', and that's one of the reasons they...
Peoria Congressman Aaron Schock wants to see more medical students become full time physicians.Schock is co-sponsoring a bill...
The Peoria District 150 school board is expected to end its agreement with the Peoria Park District over the ELITE program...
Two students are booked in the Peoria County Jail after one of two fights that occurred at Peoria High School within two hour...
A tense situation for staff at Manual Academy turns out to be a case of mistaken identity.District 150 officials confirm a ma...
A Canton woman who served as a bookkeeper at Bartonville Grade School has been accused of stealing nearly $8,000 from the...
A Dunlap High School is student is dead after being found unresponsive in his bedroom. 16-year old Joshua Olt was found Sunda...
Peoria's Mayor drives home the point about "education" during his State of the City Address.Jim Ardis borrows s...
A Mossville teacher accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year boy has resigned.The Chillicothe Times-Bulletin reports t...
Peoria School District 150 and its teachers negotiate a slight change it the teacher evaluation system for this school year.N...
The executive director of the Illinois High School Association says he is "embarrassed" by Class 2A boys basketball...
A Creve Coeur police officer has left his job after his arrest for allegedly attacking two Pekin high school students while o...
(AP) - The percent of Illinois students who are homeless or living in poverty has grown in recent years. In a release Wednesd...
The picture of a 15-year old student using the restroom is on the phone of a Dunlap High School teacher charged with two felo...
A Peoria traffic accident claims the life of a former Bradley University professor.Barbara Penelton died shortly after the ca...
Dr. Jasti Rao, who is well known for cancer research, is resigning from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peo...
The number of students considered homeless in Peoria School District 150 is up 50 percent.York Powers, the district's Fam...