Jamie Harwood

An investigation is underway after a 39-year-old woman being held at the Peoria County Jail died Tuesday morning.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill that would allow terminally ill individuals to get a prescription to end their life.

A 22-year-old Peoria man hospitalized after being shot on the city’s South Side over the weekend has died.

A 58-year-old Creve Coeur man died after being struck in the head by a falling tree limb Saturday afternoon in Bellevue.

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 Peoria man involved in a Labor Day motorcycle crash in Woodford County died early Tuesday morning.

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

A 6-year-old Peoria girl has died after days in the hospital following a drowning at Mt. Hawley Country Club.

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.

A Peoria man has been arrested on first-degree murder charges in the death of his 7-month-old son Tuesday morning. The incident is the city's second homicide involving a young child this week.