Tim Shelley

Dearman said the contracts are written to ensure checks and balances so roles, responsibilities, and accountability are separated out for the district's benefits.

The Illinois Department of Transportation is resurfacing the roadway between Legion Road and Zinser Place.

The event includes culinary staples like cabbage rolls, chicken and rice, kibbeh, Lebanese salad, and pita bread served up buffet-style.

Peoria's first-term incumbent and two city council members filed paperwork Monday to run for the city's mayorship in the February primary.

Illinois Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi says he wants to expand federal funding for career and technical education when legislation he co-sponsored comes up for reauthorization next year.

A three-member panel last month ordered the company to, among other things, stop writing up, sending home early, or more closely scrutinizing the work of employees because they support organizing. The store must also post a notice informing employees of their right to form a union.

A 20-year-old Peoria woman, shot while trying to help a woman fatally wounded in an August shooting incident, has also died of her injuries.

Maurice Sargent, 33, made his plea in an arraignment hearing Thursday morning in Peoria County Circuit Court.

Those arrested include four adults and six juveniles. In a news release, the state's attorney's office said they are all linked to "a rash of violence that has plagued the area for the last two years," including at least three murders and 12 shootings.

A 22-year-old man was found with an apparent gunshot wound and pronounced dead on the scene.