Tim Shelley

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 76-year-old Richard Wilson was getting an item from his 1949 Chevy on Friday when he accidentally hit the gearshift into neutral, causing the vehicle to roll backwards.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 88-year-old Russel Barnes Jr. was injured in the September 3 crash at N. Knoxville Ave. and E. Elaine Ave. in Peoria.

The school board unanimously approved extending the current contract with the Peoria Federation of Teachers through the end of June 2027 on Monday.

An Ohio man was indicted Tuesday by a Peoria County grand jury after he allegedly stole a vehicle with a three-year-old child inside in Peoria last week.

The Illinois Department of Transportation says the Kohl's department store in East Peoria is getting six ports from the initial round of funding from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program.

The Trillium Place Young Minds Center is located in the former Heddington Oaks nursing home. It's an affiliate of Carle Health.

A teenager was arrested Thursday night after shots were fired at a Peoria police officer responding to a call on the city's South Side.

A Pekin man will spend 70 years in prison for the 2023 murder of his infant daughter.

A Cincinnati, Ohio man wanted in connection with a child abduction case in Peoria earlier this month was arrested Monday in southeastern Iowa.

With no discussion, the board voted unanimously Monday night not to reinstate the fire chief after village president Jeff Kaufman removed him from duty last month.