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Peoria Public Schools has approved a 3-percent raise for Superintendent Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, and a $5,000 merit-based bonus. The PPS School Board voted 4-2 in favor of the pay raise Monday night. ...

(AP) - Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to better regulate the electronic cigarette industry in the wake of several vaping-related deaths. Durban criticized...

The City of Peoria will host 2 public meetings to discuss recreational cannabis. Both presentations will allow citizens to make public comments. The first meeting will be Monday, Sept. 16 at the ICC P...

An East Peoria man was electrocuted Saturday morning, identified as 62-year-old Gordon Sweatt. A 911 call was received at 10:54 a.m. of a truck on fire in the 300 block of Terminal Street, East Peoria...

The City of East Peoria announced its Fall Cleanup week will run Sept. 30 through Oct. 4. Items will be picked up on a resident's normal garbage day and. Residents may not set out items before Saturda...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police oversight agency has recommended the firing of an officer who shot his friend and lied about it. In a report completed this summer, the Civilian Office of Police Accoun...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley University can add a few more accolades to its collection. The Peoria institution announced Monday it was named best in Illinois in four different categories by the U.S. News a...

  A man shot Sunday night in Peoria was the city's 18th homicide victim of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 23-year-old Kennard Hardy II, was pronounced dead at about 12:45 a.m....

September is Recovery month in Illinois. Events are planned statewide to raise awareness and celebrate recovery. The message this month is "Recovery Belongs," recognizing that substance abuse services...

Tazewell County Board Chairman David Zimmerman has announced plans to seek re-election in 2020. The 58-year-old Zimmerman was first elected chairman in 2008, after serving twelve years as a Tazewell C...