Jodi Hoos

A Peoria man is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly hit-and-run earlier this month.

A political unknown who filed to run in Peoria’s April mayoral race has been indicted for submitting forged nominating petitions.

Democrat Jodi Hoos has been elected to another term as Peoria County’s top prosecutor. The incumbent state’s attorney received 54% of the vote in Tuesday’s general election in her race against Republican challenger Robert Boucher.

Peoria County will receive nearly $4.2 million in opioid settlement money over the next 14 years, and State’s Attorney Jodi Hoos is seeking community input on how those dollars should be spent.

For the first time since Peoria County State’s Attorney Jodi Hoos was appointed to the office in 2019, she faces a challenger from outside of her own party.

A new report from the nonprofit Council for a Strong America has community leaders advocating for the importance of early childhood education in Peoria.

A little more than a week after implementation of no-cash bail in Illinois, Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says the new process is running mostly as expected. She credits that to attorneys, judges and other officials having more than a year to prepare for implementation.

Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos said four Peoria police officers were justified in using deadly force against Samuel Richmond last fall.

The Pretrial Fairness Act, commonly referred to as the “no-cash bail” portion of the landmark SAFE-T Act, is one of the provisions set to take effect at midnight on Jan. 1.

Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos plans to seek higher bonds on additional murder charges against the parents of 8-year-old Navin Jones.