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PEORIA, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced another round of lane closures for the Murray Baker Bridge. Workers will be conducting prep work for the upcoming deck repl...

PEKIN, Ill. — Illinois election officials are taking steps to avoid hackers getting into the state voter database, as the Russians pulled off in 2016. The Illinois state Board of Elections along...

PEORIA, Ill. — 2019 was an all-around record-setting year for General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. Eight monthly passenger records, including a July that was the busiest month ...

PEORIA, Ill. — A sex offender has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for enticing and sexually exploiting minor girls. Charles Hewitt, 48, from Creve Coeur, admitted to creating a false identi...

PEORIA, Ill. — One person suffered burns while attempting to extinguish a stove fire. Peoria firefighters were called before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening to a multistory apartment complex at 2625...

TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. — Tazewell County Clerk John C. Ackerman will not be censured after the motion of formal disapproval failed on Wednesday night at the Tazewell County Board Meeting. There w...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Employment and diversity were chief Wednesday among topics in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State address. Addressing state legislators almost exactly a year since ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighter/paramedics helped deliver a baby Tuesday morning at a residence. Captain Matt Tyler said the call came in as a women's water was broke. "As soon as we walked in...

METAMORA, Ill. — It’s almost time for the biggest football game of the year, and Illinois State Police wants everyone to be safe. Alcohol is the number one cause of fatal crashes, especial...

PEORIA, Ill. — The newly renovated Four Points by Sheraton Hotel opened for business Tuesday. The hotel’s original building went up in 1956, with an addition in 1973. Four Points by Sherat...