Author Archives: Kristina Leahy

PEORIA, Ill. -- A businesswoman and political figure is serving as the keynote speaker for The Creve Coeur Club of Peoria's 122nd George Washington Banquet. Carly Fiorina, Chairman of Carly Fiorina En...

RIVERTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois police department has been charged with felony aggravated battery and official misconduct after he allegedly head-butted a drunken driving suspect earlier this...

PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Companies from Peoria and metro Peoria assisted Friday with an apartment fire. A call came in just after 3:00 of a structure fire at 5533 N Galena Rd. Crews from Limestone, Chi...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United States and the Taliban have agreed to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home, wrapping up America's longes...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The historic Scottish Rite Cathedral is undergoing renovations to become a home to the performing arts. Jenny Parkhurst, the Executive Director of the Performing Arts for the KDB Group...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is promising his proposed budget will save millions of dollars. "The upcoming fiscal years budget will spend $175 million less, and we will save $6...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The way Emergency Medical Services (EMS) calls are handled in Peoria could change. A five year long study by the Missouri based company, Fitch and Associates, has been completed and th...

PEORIA, Ill. -- On October 15 last year, over 700 community members gathered at the Peoria Civic Center for The Big Table: Greater Peoria Community Event. The trends of the conversations were announce...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Hundreds of packages lost in a truck fire at UPS in East Peoria. Just after 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, East Peoria firefighters responded to a possible structure fire at UPS on W Cam...

PEORIA, Ill. -- With the use of vapes and e-cigarettes on the rise with young adults, the Peoria County Board of Health want to add them to the same standard as tobacco use. Monica Hendrickson, the Pu...