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***UPDATE*** Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the deceased person as 46-year-old Laurie A. Helms. He pronounced the cause of death smoke inhalation. It wasn’t immediately clear as to why she...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. — Pending final regulatory approval, Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino Thursday announced it would reopen to the public on Saturday, Jan. 16. Gaming operations will resume at 8 a.m., alo...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department announced Thursday it expects Tier 1B vaccinations to begin next week. Tier 1B includes individuals 65 years and older, as well as frontli...

PEORIA, Ill. — Over 400 OSF employees will be working in downtown Peoria in the new OSF OnCall building, a first-of-its-kind digital hub. The first employees will begin working at the building o...

***UPDATE*** The suspect was a Peoria County Sheriff’s Deputy. He has resigned his post. ________________________________ PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have arrested a man they believe was ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Illinois Region Two appears set to return Friday to tier two COVID-19 mitigation levels. Illinois Department of Public Health reported the region as of Thursday was meeting all pr...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Thursday reported 6,652 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 88 additional deaths. The prelimin...

PEORIA, Ill. — 192 tri-county residents between Tuesday and Wednesday received positive COVID-19 test results. One person also died, a woman in her 80s who lived in Peoria County who had comorbi...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has become the first U.S. President ever to be impeached twice. The House reached the 217-vote threshold Wednesday afternoon to impeach Trump on a count of in...

Washington, D.C. - 18th District Congressman Darin LaHood has released a statement on his vote against impeachment: In less than seven days, we will inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden as the 46th Pr...