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CHICAGO — It was a Fourth of July weekend marked by violence in Chicago, with nearly 100 people shot, including two Chicago Police officers responding to a disturbance over fireworks, and five c...

UPDATE 5:45 P.M. — One of the men shot, 21-year-old Michael Anthony Charles Johnson, II, was pronounced brain dead by Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood Tuesday afternoon at 3:09 p.m. Harwood w...

PEORIA, Ill. — An estimated $50,000 in damage was done when a vacant home caught fire Saturday just after 4:00 p.m. in the 600 block of E. Illinois. Fire crews found heavy fire and smoke from a ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Two Peoria residents have been hospitalized following a fire in the 300 block of S Webster Saturday night just after 11:45 p.m. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the ho...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Conservation Police want it to be a safe 4th of July weekend for boaters. State Department of Naturual Resources Spokesperson Tim Schweizer said Conservation officer...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth accelerated in June as companies, desperate to boost production and services amid booming demand, raised wages and offered incentives to draw millions of r...

PEORIA, Ill. — This Fourth of July weekend, there will be more get family togethers, BBQs and fireworks displays. But, Peoria Police Captain Scott Cook said in the absence of the City’s Re...

PEORIA, Ill. — District Three Peoria Public School Board Member Dan Walther attended his final meeting Thursday as a member of the board. Walther was elected to his post in March of 2016 when he...

PEKIN, Ill. — Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman announced Thursday the clerk’s office is the recipient of a $91,250 Federal Polling Place Accessibility Grant from the Illinois State Boar...