Category Archives: Local News

PEORIA, Ill. -- A standoff outside a home Wednesday afternoon on the 1800 block of West Kettelle resulted in two arrests, including the arrest of a man who allegedly held a female inside the home agai...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed a lawsuit against several pharmaceutical companies, including Johnson & Johnson, alleging they carried out "unfair and deceptive" mar...

CHICAGO (AP) - The wife of a powerful Chicago alderman facing federal corruption allegations will become the Illinois Supreme Court's next chief justice. The state's highest court selected Anne Burke ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As September 11th remembrances took place Wednesday across the country, that was also the case in Illinois. Governor J.B. Pritzker put out a proclamation announcing Wednesday as P...

(AP) - Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to "never forget" and rising attention to the terror attacks' extended toll on responders. A crowd of victims' r...

Peoria Heights wants your feedback. Village Mayor Mike Phelan is encouraging residents to attend a community meeting Thursday night. "So, if people have issues in their neighborhood, we want to have t...

September is National Preparedness Month. And, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency wants to help prepare your family for a disaster. I-EMA Spokesperson Rebecca Clark says there are five areas tha...

The Peoria City Council has given the green light building a new fire station on the city's southside. According to a Facebook post by Peoria Firefighters Local 50 Union, council members Tuesday night...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office saw what it called an overall success from its Labor Day Weekend crackdown campaign. Numbers released Tuesday show "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" y...

UPDATE: 9/10/19 Autopsy findings show that Hardy was shot multiple times on the trunk of his body, according to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood. Hardy suffered detrimental internal bleeding. Harwo...