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Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said a man's death in the North Valley is under investigation as a homicide.

John Ackerman has owned and operated Ackerman Family Farms, just outside of Morton, for 23 years.

The data reveals that four in five pregnancy-related deaths in the US are preventable.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says a 32-year old woman and her 8-year old son both suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died instantly. The woman's husband has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder.

Peoria County's election won't be halted while a lawsuit challenging the auditor referendum on the November ballot is underway.

Employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources recently surveyed an isolated alcove where the rare plant is known to thrive.

An ongoing effort to extend the Illinois River Bluff Trail is taking the next step, with the Peoria Park District seeking state funding to buy a piece of land that would help fill one of the gaps in the pathway.

More than half of Illinois’ counties don’t even have one private lawyer per every 1,000 residents.

In the wake of Hurricane Ian, relief organizations across central Illinois are banding together to help tens of thousands of Floridians without shelter and food.

A 35-acre cornfield owned by the village of Metamora may soon make way for a new community solar project.

A 16-year-old was arrested Wednesday in the murder of 46-year-old Christopher Tillman.