Author Archives: Julia Bradley

(AP) - U.S. job growth rebounded in June as employers added 224,000 jobs, an indication of the economy's durability after more than a decade of expansion. The Labor Department says the solid gain came...

On Tuesday, July 9, Peoria City Council members will consider an agenda item that is geared at increasing security for all Peoria residents. It is a request to approve a plan to use $50,000 of city fu...

(AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is seeking a federal agriculture disaster declaration for all of Illinois following the state's soggy planting season. Pritzker says in his request to the U.S. Department of ...

Peoria Police responded to a call from the 2800 block of W. Montana around 2:00 a.m. Thursday that a man had been stabbed. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson says the man was stabbed in the ...

Animal control officials say home is the safest place for pets on the Fourth of July. Becky Spencer, Director of Peoria County Animal Protective Services, says fireworks can spook pets, causing them t...

Peoria Police responded to multiple ShotSpotter alerts in the 2800 block of W. Ann Street around 4:45 a.m. Thursday. Officers found a man with gunshot wounds inside an apartment. Public Information Of...

There will not be Park and Ride service to the fireworks Thursday night. CityLink is not offering shuttle service, as it has for many years, to UnityPoint Health Red, White and Boom! brought home by A...

A large fight overnight led to a stabbing and someone being hit by a car. Peoria Police said a call came just after 12:00 a.m. Thursday about a large fight in the 1100 block of East Frye. Officers fou...

Peoria Firefighters/Paramedics were called to a rollover accident at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Nebraska Avenue about 1:40 a.m. Thursday morning. Crews found one vehicle on its top with thr...

Peoria's 13 homicide victim of the year is identified. Robert Purdle, 30, was pronounced dead at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center after being shot in the 2200 block of West Wiswall, according to the P...