Category Archives: Top Stories
Several Animals Die In Bartonville Fire
A Bartonville duplex is damaged by fire. Officials say the fire broke about 5:30 a.m. Monday at 221 Buena Vista Street. Heavy smoke was seen pouring out of the building. Bartonville Assistant Fire Chi...
Jun 24, 2019
Man Shot Dead At Harrison Homes
Police are investigating Peoria's 12th homicide of the year. Officers were called to the 2700 block of W. Trewyn at approximately 10:41 p.m. Sunday by a Shotspotter alert of multiple shots fired. Mome...
Jun 24, 2019
Court Tosses Peoria Gun Conviction Over Facebook Photo
(AP) - An appellate court has tossed out a Peoria man's gun conviction, ruling a lower court should not have allowed a Facebook photograph of him standing near guns to be entered as evidence. Illinois...
Jun 24, 2019
Man Found Dead At Taft Homes
A man's death is being investigated by Peoria police and the Peoria County Coroner's Office. The man was found dead Sunday morning at Taft Homes. Coroner Jamie Harwood said the man's death is not "nat...
Jun 23, 2019
Iran Says US Is Fueling Tensions In Persian Gulf
(AP) - Iran's president has accused the United States of fueling tensions in an already volatile region, as the crisis between the two countries escalates. The official IRNA news agency quoted Sunday ...
Jun 23, 2019 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 14, 2019. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a security alliance that brings together Russia, China, India, Pakistan along with ex-Soviet Central Asia nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
Census, Redistricting Top Remaining Supreme Court Cases
(AP) - The Supreme Court enters its final week of decisions with two politically charged issues unresolved, whether to rein in political line-drawing for partisan gain and allow a citizenship question...
Jun 23, 2019
Groundbreaking For Civil War Monument At Springdale Cemetery
A community groundbreaking is the latest step toward the dedication of a restored Civil War monument in Peoria called "The Shaft." Everyone in attendance during a Saturday morning ceremony at the entr...
Jun 23, 2019
President Delays Nationwide Deportation Sweep
(AP) - President Donald Trump says he is delaying a nationwide sweep to deport people living in the U.S. illegally. He said in a tweet Saturday he would delay for two weeks to give lawmakers time to d...
Jun 23, 2019
Stairway Collapse Injures 13
A stairway on a deck collapsed in Henry County. The stairway was at Scott Colona Family Park in Colona, Illinois. WQAD-TV reported on Twitter 13 people were injured. The Colona fire chief said none of...
Jun 23, 2019
AFSCME Members Approve New Labor Contract
(AP) - A union representing thousands of Illinois state workers says its members have approved a four-year contract that offers lump-sum payments and a series of raises. AFSCME Council 31 says workers...
Jun 23, 2019
