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The incident happened around 5:50 p.m. Friday in the 2300 block of Washington Road between Meadow Lane and Briargate Road, near city limits between East Peoria and Washington.

A state grant of more than $500,000 will cover the Peoria Park District’s expenses for a host of upgrades at Chartwell Park on the city's northwest side.

The Clean and Reliable Grid Act aims to expand the state’s energy capacity in hopes of lowering energy prices. Here's what Central Illinois lawmakers say about the new law.

Advocates say measure could affect 1.7M Illinoisians, allow people to reenter workforce

The Greater Peoria area is gearing up for events and observances in recognition of Martin Luther King Junior Day on Monday. In Peoria, organizers have announced “The People’s March” from outside the Peoria Civic Center to Grace Baptist Church.

The four Republican Party candidates for governor of Illinois told a Central Illinois audience Thursday evening they favor property tax caps, pension reform, ending Illinois' status as a "sanctuary state," and rolling back the SAFE-T criminal justice reform act which ended cash bail.

A collaboration between Neighborhood House and the Peoria Opportunities Foundation will rehabilitate up to seven South Side residences for new homebuyers, with assistance from the Peoria City/County Health Department.

Elections officers across Illinois are concerned delays in mail delivery could disrupt mail-in voting in upcoming elections.

Health care providers and educators worry a $100,000 lifetime limit on borrowing for graduate nursing programs, wrapped in the fine print of the Big, Beautiful Bill, could put a wrench in the workforce pipeline.

On this week's episode of Out and About, Dr. Mae Gilliland of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois talks with Alissa Williams, Director of Morton Public Library.

Deputies said they were unable to get in the home at first due to heavy smoke and fire conditions. They said the mother and two juveniles were outside the mobile home. The mother told authorities her infant child remained inside and that she couldn't reach her.

Illinois and 11 other states sued the Trump administration over its move to withhold potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in grant funding from states that refuse to comply with the Trump administration’s definitions of sex and gender. President Donald Trump, on the first day of his second term, issued an executive order instructing federal agencies to recognize only a person’s sex assigned at birth.