Peoria County Coroner

Deaths by suicide in Peoria County declined last year.

Over 3,400 Peoria County residents died in 2020. That’s nearly 15% more than the previous year. COVID-19 was a contributing factor – but not the only factor.

Two children are dead and six others were hospitalized in a two-vehicle collision just outside of Peoria on Sunday.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the passenger who was killed in a three-vehicle, hit-and-run crash Friday in Peoria.Harwood said…