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The grant is part of 58 awards totaling $6.6 million through the Route 66 ($3.7 million) and Tourism Marketing Grant Programs ($2.9 million) to boost local tourism efforts and attract visitors to drive along the historic highway.

The festivities began with a chain of fireworks from Tiananmen Square in central Beijing to National Stadium, nicknamed the Bird's Nest, on the northern edge of the city. Details of the ceremony have been a closely guarded secret.

The Richmond, Va., neighborhood of Fulton was once home to a large number of the city's middle class African-American families. But by the 1960s, it had fallen on hard times. A new album by bluesman Corey Harris pays tribute to the Southern neighborhood with a haunted past.

The primary win may propel Joe Ganim, 55, back into office in mostly Democratic Bridgeport, the largest city in Connecticut, five years after he was released from a federal prison.

A pair of credit rating agencies on Tuesday issued warnings on the finances of both the state of Illinois and its largest city.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she wants to work with Peoria and other Illinois cities on issues of shared concern. "There's a lot of things that are...

East Peoria commissioner Seth Mingus said the decision to ban open burning this April wasn't taken lightly.

Second District Councilman Chuck Grayeb says he wants to serve on the Peoria City Council another four years.

The Peoria Police and Fire Departments are not meeting their own goals for hiring more minorities. While approximately 30 percent of the city's...

The Peoria City/County Health Department is warning restaurants against flouting the governor's executive order prohibiting indoor dining as the state...