Peoria County

The driver of a car found in a ditch Saturday in rural Peoria County was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity is again in need of a new CEO following the resignation of Denise Moore after just four months.

Liberty Steel & Wire’s request for a $2.65 million loan from Peoria County is on hold, possibly until next year.

Members of the Peoria County Board are expected to vote this week on a $2.65 million loan that could lead to Liberty Steel & Wire relocating its company headquarters to Bartonville from Texas.

Peoria County's Sustainability and Resource Conservation Department will hold a hazardous household waste collection drive Saturday morning at Expo Gardens in Peoria.

Two Regional Offices of Education serving Greater Peoria will co-host a literacy summit next week aimed at exploring methods to help students build their reading skills.

George McKenna anticipates a smooth transition as he assumes leadership of the Peoria County Regional Office of Education.

A third juvenile facing Peoria County charges related to involvement with a violent street gang will go to trial in adult court.

A host of changes, renovations and improvements are in store at Wildlife Prairie Park over the next year, topped by a $1.5 million addition of a 40-space RV campground along Taylor Lake on the park's west side.

Two Peoria men who were juveniles when they were arrested for crimes tied to alleged involvement with a violent street gang have been indicted on adult charges under the RICO statute.