Category Archives: Local News

A Peoria woman is hospitalized after a rollover accident Friday morning in Woodford County. According to Illinois State Police, 35 year old Kanisha King was traveling north on Illinois Route 26 just s...

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...

(AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation he says will remove a barrier for teacher candidates and help address a statewide shortage of teachers. The new law eliminates a requirement t...

(AP) -President Donald Trump is voicing optimism that some sort of firearms background check measure will be instituted following the recent mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. Trump told reporters at t...

(Springfield) - Following Governor J.B. Pritzker's July 3 request in the wake of historic flooding across the state, Thursday the U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an agriculture disaster in...

(AP) - The top two congressional Democrats say President Donald Trump has assured them he will review a House-passed bill that expands federal background checks for gun sales. House Speaker Nancy Pelo...

Peoria will be in the disc golfing spotlight over the next week as the 2019 world championships come to town. The 2019 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships will take place August 13-17. Gol...

Thursday Democratic Senator Dick Durbin announced a bill that will help boost agricultural research funding. The America Grows Act would help restore the United State's commitment to publicly funded a...

Peoria's ELITE Summer Camp program seen as a success. ELITE Founder Carl Cannon says the program, run under the umbrella of the Peoria Park District, aims to put youth destined for violence and street...

On Monday, August 5, at approximately 6:27 p.m., Peoria Police responded to a Shotspotter alert in the 400 block of E. Arcadia. While enroute, officers received additional information about a victim o...