Peoria County Board

Peoria County is paying its half of a $1.5 million settlement, bringing the Cleve Heidelberg legal matter to a close.

The City of Peoria and Peoria County are expected to finalize a financial settlement to bring an end to a lawsuit brought by the estate of a man who spent 47 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned in 2017.

The new Peoria County Health & Human Services building opens to the public this week.

Harvest Supermarket will get a $400,000 dollar injection of funding from Peoria County government to help the new grocery store on Peoria's South Side get on its feet.

Peoria County government and the city of Peoria are poised to chip in $600,000 to get a new grocery store launched in the city's South Side food desert.

The Peoria County Board approved the budget on a 16-2 vote Thursday night.

The construction of Peoria County's third landfill is back on track, even if it is coming later than anyone expected.

The Peoria County Jail needs some serious work. The county board now has five potential options for how to tackle it — depending on how much money and time they're willing to spend.

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.

An estimated 400 Peoria County residents will be able to access free or low-cost Internet, thanks to a new initiative.