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MORTON, Ill. — Morton School District 709 announced Friday 14 students were positive with COVID-19, compared to nine the previous week. 105 students were in quarantine as of Friday, a decrease o...

TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. — One person was killed, and two others were injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash between Deer Creek and Morton. “One of the occupants of a passenger vehic...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded around 8:15 p.m. Friday to the area of the 700 block of S. Western regarding two ShotSpotter alerts. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said 10 rounds w...

PEORIA, Ill. — Another round of winter weather is headed for the Peoria area this weekend. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins predicts a slushy mess of rain and snow that wil...

***UPDATE*** 2:53 P.M. 1/31/21 Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 31-year-old Jevon Gilliam was pronounced dead Saturday morning around 12:30 after being shot nearly an hour prior at the Peoria ...

PEORIA, Ill. — Three area residents died between Thursday and Friday from COVID-19, while 116 tested positive. Peoria City/County Health Department said a woman in her 80s from Peoria County die...

PEORIA, Ill. — Robinhood has been at the forefront this week of a skyrocketing GameStop stock as users of Reddit drove the price up to over $300 a share. On Thursday, Robinhood was one of many o...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For a third 24-hour period in a row, Illinois between Thursday and Friday broke its own record for COVID-19 doses given. 58,357 people during that time received a shot. Illin...

PEKIN, Ill. — The first two known Illinois cases of the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 were detected at Reditus Labs in Pekin. The positive tests came from DuPage County. 12 cases of the var...

PEORIA, Ill. — A man was shot Thursday night while walking in the area of McClure and University in Peoria. “Just before 9:30, a male victim with a gunshot wound to the torso was dropped o...