Category Archives: Top Stories
Portion Of An East Peoria Trail Closing For Bridge Work
Construction will close down a portion of an East Peoria walking trail at the end of the month. Mike Johnson, with Fon du Lac Park District, says bridge pier work will temporarily close a section of t...
Julia Bradley Sep 12, 2019 City of East Peoria
Trash Can Set On Fire Inside Hines School Wednesday
Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics responded to Hines School at 4603 N. Knoxville on Wednesday around 3:30 P.M. to a report of a trash can on fire inside the school. Upon arrival, Firefighters found t...
Dalton Kemper Sep 11, 2019
Oyler Update: Councilman Pleads Not Guilty
Peoria City Councilman Zach Oyler pleaded not guilty to domestic battery charges Wednesday morning in court. Oyler was arrested on July 30 on charges of aggravated domestic battery, interfering with a...
Dalton Kemper Sep 11, 2019 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Standoff at Peoria home ends with two arrests
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...
Rick Hirschmann Sep 11, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois sues pharmaceutical companies over opioid crisis
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...
Rick Hirschmann Sep 11, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Wife of alderman to be chief justice on Illinois high court
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 ...
Rick Hirschmann Sep 11, 2019 Midwest Communications
Illinois governor commemorates 9/11
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...
Rick Hirschmann Sep 11, 2019
U.S. To Commemorate 9/11 As Its Aftermath Extends And Evolves
(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...
Julia Bradley Sep 11, 2019 AP/Seth Wenig
Peoria Heights Seeking Community Input
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...
Julia Bradley Sep 11, 2019 peoriaheights.org
Illinois Promotes Emergency Preparedness
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...
Julia Bradley Sep 11, 2019
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