Author Archives: Kristina Leahy
Fengel Part Of New Elder Abuse Task Force
Monday, Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker announced the members of the Elder Abuse Task Force. One of those members is the Bartonville Police Chief, Brian Fengel. The task force was created thr...
Aug 13, 2019
First Human Case Of West Nile In Illinois 2019
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first confirmed human case of the West Nile virus in Illinois this year. A 70-year-old Chicago resident became ill in late July. "Altho...
Aug 13, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Crews Battle Fire At Lexington Hills Apartments
Monday afternoon around 4:00 p.m., the Peoria Fire Department received a report of a structure fire. Battalion Fire Chief Michael Hughes said when they arrived they saw heavy smoke coming from bottom ...
Aug 12, 2019
Arrest Made In South Peoria Shooting
A 24-year-old man has been arrested for aggravated battery with a firearm. Peoria Police responded to the area the 1600 block of S. Griswold St. just before 2:00 a.m. Monday for 5 consecutive Shotspot...
Aug 12, 2019 Midwest Communications
Peoria's 15th Homicide Victim Identified
Peoria's 15th homicide victim of 2019 has been identified. The victim, 49-year-old Sam Causey Jr. was found in the 700 block of East Ravine Monday morning. Police were called to the area just after 3:...
Aug 12, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Severe Storms Possible Tonight
Severe Storms Possible Tonight The National Weather Service says that the latest outlook from the Storm Prediction Center continues to highlight an enhanced risk of severe weather for much of central ...
Aug 12, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein Died By Suicide
(AP) - A former law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York. The medical examiner's office ...
Aug 10, 2019 New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File
Illinois GOP Urges Trump To Not Set Blagojevch Free
(AP) - The Illinois Republican Party's chairman is urging President Donald Trump not to follow through on the idea he broached this week of freeing imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Tim Schneide...
Aug 10, 2019 FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, speaks to reporters as his wife, Patti, listens at the federal building in Chicago. President Donald Trump says he is considering commuting the sentence of ex- Gov. Blagojevich and pardoning Martha Stewart. The comments came aboard Air Force One on Thursday, May 31, 2018, after he tweeted that he planned to pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza. Blagojevich, a Democrat, began serving his 14-year prison sentence on corruption convictions in 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Crews Battle Complex Fire Overnight
The Peoria Fire Department battled a complex house fire. Friday night Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a possible structure fire in the 2000 block of W. Lincoln Ave. When the first crews arr...
Aug 10, 2019
Peoria Fire And EMT Ask City Council For Body Armor
The Peoria Fire Department is asking the city council for a budget amendment to buy EMT's 20 ballistic vests and 16 helmets for protection in the case of a mass shooting. Assistant Fire Chief Tony Ard...
Aug 09, 2019
