Jamie Harwood

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."

An 8-year-old Missouri girl who died after the plane she was on made an emergency landing in Peoria had several infections that led to her death, according to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says former WTVP president and CEO Lesley Matuszak took her own life.

A Peoria man is dead and an 18-year-old woman is in custody after a shooting Monday morning on the city’s West Bluff.

Authorities have identified the man found partially submerged Monday afternoon on the Peoria Riverfront.

Peoria Police officers responded to the 1800 block of South Westmoreland Avenue and found the victim with apparent gunshot wounds inside a vehicle that had crashed into a utility pole.

Tranq is short for tranquilizer and a trade name for the drug xylazine. Harwood says xylazine is generally used by veterinarians as a sedative, but is being mixed into fentanyl to increase demand.