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Plans to convert a vacant former mental health facility and homeless shelter on the south end of Peoria’s Warehouse District into a 12-bedroom halfway house for parolees are on hold for at least three weeks.
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A third person has entered a guilty plea in connection with a foiled 2024 robbery in South Peoria that resulted in the fatal shooting of one of the robbers.
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A Peoria man was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for shooting another man multiple times in the back at a Center Bluff gas station in 2023.
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Once a new city administrator is hired in Washington, how important in the process of hiring a new finance director should that person become?
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A 55-year-old Peoria woman has been convicted of first-degree murder in the August 2023 fatal stabbing of another woman at a Western Avenue gas station.
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Three fatal shootings in October nearly doubled Peoria’s year-to-date total of gunshot homicides, but the number is still down by more than half compared with a year ago.
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Mike Vespa announced his candidacy in next November’s election on Tuesday, seeking to become resident judge in the 10th Judicial Circuit.
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County officials are aware of several attempts to gain access to personal information, including credit card numbers, by threatening arrest for missing jury duty in Logan County.
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A Peoria man convicted for a fatal hit-and-run crash in 2023 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Mindy Darcy's appointment as Tazewell County Administrator was approved this week by the county board. She'll be paid $170,000 for the first year of a three-year contract.
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A 41-year-old Peoria man was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday in the 2024 shooting in the East Bluff neighborhood.
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Mayor Rita Ali voiced some reservations about a change to Peoria’s annual snow removal plan that was presented at Tuesday’s city council meeting.