Category Archives: Local News

(AP) - Billionaire activist Tom Steyer is joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reversing course after deciding earlier this year that he would forgo a run. Steyer made the anno...

(AP) - Setting itself apart from other great American sports teams, the U.S. women's soccer team is embracing a front-line role in social-justice causes even as it savors a fourth World Cup victory. T...

Illinois Lottery officials say if you purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket at the Short Stop at 3322 Meadow Avenue in East Peoria Saturday, check your numbers. You may have won $150,000. A winning ticke...

(AP) - A prosecutor told a federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student last month in the kidnapping and killing a Chinese scholar deserves the death penalty because th...

A statue of Jesus Christ, located at Serenity Memorial Park in Peoria's south side has been defaced. Jesus' hands have been broken off, and there is a hole left where the face had been. Pierre Serafin...

Peoria Firefighters were called to 1923 W. Garden just before 1:30 a.m. Monday, on reports of a house fire reported by a passerby. Crews first on the scene found fire and heavy smoke coming from all f...

The Jefferson Street entrance to the Peoria County Courthouse will be closed starting Monday for drainage work and site improvements. County officials say the project is expected to take two months to...

The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that happened in West Peoria late Sunday morning. Sheriff Brian Asbell says deputies responded to reports of shots fired in the 100 block...

The victim of a wrong-way crash on I-74 in Peoria has been identified. Judy McLeese, 64, of Peoria was driving the wrong way on eastbound I-74 near the Gale Ave. exit around 7:45 p.m. Saturday when he...

(AP) - The United States won its record fourth Women's World Cup title and second in a row, beating the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday night when Megan Rapinoe converted a penalty kick in the second half and ...