PEORIA — The Peoria Speedway is back on track for the 2021 racing season, its quarter-mile high-banked dirt oval down on Farmington Road busy once again. "It's the same Speedway," owner Brandon Dean ...

PEORIA — Mike Chasteen Sr. crossed his final finish line as the Peoria car racing community lost one of its icons. Chasteen died on May 1 from a heart attack, at age 63, while on vacation in Nashville ...

PEORIA — The Peoria racing community lost a beloved member when former Peoria Speedway owner Sherrie Hamilton crossed the finish line for the final time as she died at her home Wednesday morning.

July is full of activities. Here are five events you might want to check out in the Peoria area this weekend. Platinum-selling rock band, Falling In Reverse, will present their "Popular Monstour" at 6 ...

EAST PEORIA, Ill., June 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- nuEra Cannabis, a leading vertically-integrated cannabis business in Illinois, is thrilled to continue its sponsorship of Mike Chasteen Jr. Racing, ...

GLYNDON, Minn. - In 1955, Randy Lewis attended his first auto race at Peoria Speedway in Peoria, Ill. Fifty-one years and 1,081 racetracks later, Lewis was at Buffalo River Speedway. Lewis, the ...

If it's June, it must be time for the United Midwestern Promoters Summer Nationals tour. The 25-races-in-31-days marathon DIRTcar event makes its way to central Illinois in the coming week. Lincoln ...

August is full of activities. Here are six events you might want to check out in the Peoria area this weekend. The 134th annual Brimfield Old Settlers Days festival will be held from Aug. 8-10 in ...

July is full of activities. Here are five events you might want to check out in the Peoria area this weekend. Children's Theatre presents 'Shrek: The Musical' The Community Children's Theatre will ...

July is full of activities. Here are five events you might want to check out in the Peoria area this weekend. "The World's Greatest Live Pink Floyd Show," Brit Floyd, will bring their 2024 World Tour ...