Sydney Ives’ life changed in May with one CT scan. She had been feeling overly tired and her mom, Tasha, noticed her usually chatty 9-year-old had become less so. Tasha chalked it up to a recent bout of strep throat. During her first piano lesson, Sydney lost the use of her right hand. That’s when Tasha suspected a more serious problem.

Craig Hullinger, economic development director for the city of Peoria, is urging area civic and government leaders to determine the feasibility of making wind power the city's chief energy source.

State workers who are AFSCME members will get a total of 15.2 percent in salary increases over the next four years under a tentative contract settlement.

If there's a downturn in the auto market, Honda doesn't know about it. While U.S. car makers closed factories and announced layoffs last year, American Honda Motor sold nearly 1.5 million vehicles, thanks to gas-friendly cars such as Civic and Accord, said Richard Colliver, American Honda's executive vice president.

Residents let lifetime of gardening continue at senior housing complex.

Bradley University freshman Danny Becker knows the benefits of working out. “Since last summer I’ve lost 58 pounds,” Becker said while he waited for an outdoor exercise class to start on the quad on Tuesday afternoon.

Caterpillar Inc. said Wednesday it will build a new research and development center in China and expand manufacturing capacity of one of its plants there.

The recent trips that astronaut Dan Tani has made to his hometown of Lombard serve as a reminder of how much inspiration we continue to find in individuals who make incredible journeys.

Saying he didn’t want to increase taxes, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday rejected a proposal to let East Peoria and Morton raise their local hotel tax rates by a single percentage point, to 6 percent.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich is willing to turn over the former Hanna City work camp property to Peoria County for free, but he wants the state to get paid if the county ever stops using the land.

State lawmakers say they’re willing to debate Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s major changes to the ethics reform measure they approved this spring — but not in the governor’s all-or-nothing approach.

Five days after presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama drew a monster crowd to Springfield’s Old Capitol Plaza, it remains unclear who was responsible for providing water to the sweltering attendees.

Illinois fields that were under several feet of water in early summer have rebounded to the point that the fall harvest shouldn’t be off by much from the bin-busting crop of 2007.

Rising gas prices have motivated many consumers to drive vehicles that have two wheels instead of four.

Four labor unions are going after a piece of the residential construction market with the groundbreaking Monday for a 33-home, “green” subdivision in Chatham.