Peoria County Coroner's Office

Peoria police are investigating the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy early Wednesday.

Tazewell County prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges against a 93-year-old Pekin man accused of killing his wife. James Pate remains in custody in the Tazewell County Jail following his arrest Tuesday afternoon for allegedly causing the death of Cheryl Pate, 80.

Pekin police arrested a 93-year-old man on a charge of first-degree murder Tuesday in connection with the stabbing death of a female victim.

A Peoria man involved in a Labor Day motorcycle crash in Woodford County died early Tuesday morning.

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

The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about a woman whose body was found Monday in the Illinois River.

Deontay J. Page, 22, was transported to a hospital following a two-car crash on Friday evening. Physicians were unable to revive him.

A fiery early morning crash on Interstate 74 near Brimfield has killed two people and injured three others, as they drove to Iowa for Christmas.

The Peoria County Coroner says an autopsy showed no signs of a struggle or physical harm on the body of a woman found in the Illinois River.

Construction on the new Peoria County Health and Human Services campus could begin as soon as next month.