Jamie Harwood

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.

Prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old babysitter with murder in connection with the death of an 18-month-old Peoria boy who showed signs of abuse.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has released the identity of a 30-year-old Chillicothe woman killed in a Friday morning crash on Illinois Route 29.

A Peoria County Grand Jury indicted Kaleeyah E. Sprinkle on charges of first-degree muder and aggravated battery for allegedly abusing her 20-month-old twin children.

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

The new Peoria County Health & Human Services building opens to the public this week.

Andrea Luncsford, 25, was arrested Tuesday for the death of her infant son, Grayson. She is charged with one count of murder and one count of child endangerment.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said evidence from an autopsy Tuesday suggested that 1-month-old Grayson Luncsford had been left in a car without food or water for an "extended period."