Illinois State Police

A 45-year-old woman who died at a Peoria hospital on Sunday following a three-vehicle crash in Pekin the day before has been identified.

A Tazewell County resident is dead after an early Saturday morning multi-vehicle collision on Pekin’s south side.

Illinois State Police have released body camera footage of Peoria officers shooting and killing a man who swung a wooden bat at the officers and tried to run away.

The driver of a car found in a ditch Saturday in rural Peoria County was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two Peoria Police officers have been placed on critical incident leave following the fatal shooting of a man armed with a wooden bat Tuesday in the East Bluff neighborhood.

A 30-year-old Peoria man died Thursday after the SUV he was driving was struck in an accident with a truck-tractor on Interstate 74 in East Peoria.

One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Saturday night in Peoria.

A 44-year-old Peoria man died Saturday when he was hit by a car while attempting to cross a busy North Peoria street.

One person is dead after a fiery head-on collision on eastbound Interstate 74 near Morton that closed the highway overnight.

With the Labor Day holiday weekend bringing more travelers to the highways, motorists are seeing some relief at the gas pump and on the interstates.