FEMA

Two weeks after members expressed reluctance and frustration, the East Peoria City Council voted unanimously in adopting new flood maps in accordance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s update for Tazewell County.

The Peoria Fire Department has been awarded more than $3 million in federal funding to cover costs of adding more firefighters, boosting its emergency response capabilities.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says disaster aid will continue for Illinois counties slammed by a derecho back in July, even as the South faces a one-two punch from major hurricanes and the White House asks Congress to replenish relief funding.

It's been one month since an EF-3 tornado cut an 18-mile path through Fulton County. It scattered debris, felled power lines and grain bins, and swept directly through the small village of Bryant.

With no discussion, the Peoria City Council recently approved spending more than $47,000 to buy the city's firefighters and police officers some…

The Peoria Fire Department may receive body armor in the wake of recent mass shootings. The Peoria City Council will vote next Tuesday on the purchase 20…

Next week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will assess flood damage in three Illinois counties. Severe weather struck Iroquois, Kankakee and…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has chosen a retired U.S. Navy Reserves captain and deputy director of the Illinois Department of Emergency…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A study of hazardous materials shipped by train and truck through a three-county area in central Illinois is expected to begin…

U.S. Senator Mark Kirk says he is still hopeful about passing the measure to change the federal funding formula used after a disaster. Kirk made his…