Author Archives: Kristina Leahy

Peoria Public Schools announced on Friday that the district has been awarded a $2.5 million Full Service Community Schools grant for Harrison Community Learning Center and Roosevelt Magnet School. Bot...

Screaming, fake blood, and smoke helped residents from the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Department learn what it is like on scene of a disaster by getting hands-on with the East Peoria F...

It has been confirmed that Peoria's 20th homicide victim for 2019 was pregnant. "Our forensic pathologist determined that she was between 12 and 13 weeks pregnant," Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood...

(AP) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the House is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Pelosi made the announcement Tuesday from the speaker's office at ...

IDOT is looking for snowbirds. Snowbird is the Illinois Department of Transportation's annual program that hires temporary full-time and on-call snowplow drivers in the winter. Guy Tridgell, spokesper...

Peoria Public Schools board President Dan Adler announced Monday that he will not seek re-election. Adler has served as a representative for District 3 of Peoria Public Schools since July of 2015. Adl...

The monthly collection of unwanted tires for Peoria residents will resume at JIMAX, located at 2000 W. Clark Street in Peoria. Hours of collection are planned for 9-11 a.m., but once the trailer reach...

Peoria native and State Representative Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) has been appointed as the House Republican Conference Chairman. With this new position, Spain will be a part of House Republican Minority L...

Preschool students at Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Education Center main campus learned all about the life of a butterfly, and got to watch them be released Monday. The school received the caterpill...

Update: An order of protection has been filed against 26-year-old Peoria Police officer Pearson-Boswell. Peoria Police responded to a call of a male requesting police assistance, in the 3400 block of ...