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Fire officials in Peoria now say they believe a blaze at the abandoned historic downtown Madison Theater was caused by arson.Brad Pierson is a fire…

An Illinois appeals court has thrown out a South Peoria man's 2012 conviction on charges he sexually assaulted a 20-month-old girl.Judge Mary K. O'Brien…

The sale of recreational marijuana in the City of Peoria moved a step closer to reality last night. The Peoria City Council okayed special use permits to…

UPDATED 5:20 p.m. | A 45-year-old Peoria Heights woman was found dead after a house fire late Wednesday, authorities said.The fire broke out at around…

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The city of East Peoria is donating items to Habitat for Humanity that were salvaged from seven households that were condemned…

Peoria's largest hotel is finally open once again.The downtown Four Points by Sheraton officially reopens Tuesday under the banner of Burlington,…

Last summer, the city awarded $1.5 million in violence prevention grants to six initiatives, and the 2024 budget includes another $700,000 for additional efforts to deter violent crime.

State Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) said Gov. J.B. Pritzker's "Restore Illinois" plan doesn't work for cities like his. Spain said it doesn't make sense to…

A Peoria County judge sentenced Byron Jarvis, 16, to 55 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Friday for a 2023 murder.

After growing up without seeing or reading children’s books that featured characters who looked like her, a local author decided to write those stories herself, and she didn’t have to wait until she was an adult to do it.