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WASHINGTON, Ill. — The City of Washington has banned open burning for the next 30 days. Mayor Gary Manier said in a statement on Washington’s Facebook page that open burning is temporarily...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, far exceeding a record high set just last week, a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst o...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has received more than 1,100 applications from retired and out of state healthcare workers wanting to help fight the coronavirus pandemic here. Gov. J-B Pritzker sai...

PEORIA, Ill. — Until further notice, basketball enthusiasts won’t be able to play on Peoria Park District courts. To help curb further spread of COVID-19, the organization has taken down i...

PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria firefighter/paramedics were called out around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to 1615 N. Great Oak of a reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene and discovered heavy black s...

PEORIA, Ill. — The tri-county COVID-19 positive case count has risen by one. As of Wednesday’s Peoria City/County Health Department briefing, there were eight in Peoria. The new case, offi...

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is reminding Illinois residents how important filling out the 2020 Census is. The Census is used as a tool for the federal government to decide how to distr...

PEORIA, Ill. — The longer Gov. J-B Pritzker’s stay-at-home order goes on, local law enforcement is seeing more domestic violence cases. Carol Merna, with the Center for Prevention of Abuse...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called just after 3 a.m. Wednesday to the 300 block of Virginia Avenue. Police dispatch said a man was shot in the leg during an attempted home invasion. The vi...

PEORIA, Ill. – A suspect wanted in connection to a weekend altercation has ended in an apparent suicide. It began at 7 a.m. Sunday, after a report of a man shooting a gun at a house at 2100 N. U...