Category Archives: Local News

(AP) - Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like "Easy Rider," has died. His family says in a statem...

Police Chief Brian Fengel is retiring after serving the Village of Bartonville for 29 years. Announced Friday, Fengel has been appointed as director/coordinator for the Central Illinois Police Trainin...

PCAPS is inviting Peoria County residents to come help 'Clear the Shelter' on Saturday. Peoria County Animal Protection Services Director Becky Spencer says it will be the perfect time to pick out a n...

(SPRINGFIELD) - Last summer, a Kankakee County resident tested positive for Heartland virus, the first case reported in Illinois. In response to this human case, the Illinois Department of Public Heal...

(AP) - Two suspicious objects that prompted an evacuation of a major lower Manhattan subway station during the morning commute Friday are not explosives, police said. The bomb squad cleared the items ...

(AP) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. will take the weekend off from broadcasting to be with his wife and daughter after the three were in a plane crash landing Thursday near Bristol Motor Speedway. The 44-year-o...

Peoria firefighters were called to the 800 block of W. Trailcreek Drive for a man trapped in a storm drain. It happened around 2:00 p.m. Thursday. Battalion Chief Michael Hughes said people standing o...

Peoria Police have made two arrests in connection to an East Bluff shooting. Breaon Jones, 27, and Prentice Augusta, 28, were arrested around 11 a.m. Wednesday, as part of an ongoing investigation. On...

Meteorologists say July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that July was 1.71 degrees Fahrenhei...

(Springfield)--Colonel Donald Carpenter, of Tremont, a veteran with multiple overseas tours, a certified expert in process improvement and someone with national level military experience, has been nam...