Peoria County Sheriff

Washington Chief of Police Mike McCoy has announced his retirement, ending a 48-year career in law enforcement.

Thousands of gallons of runoff water from a Peoria Disposal Company landfill was emptied into creeks in a reported vandalism incident.

The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 39-year old man following an apparent single-vehicle crash Friday night in Hanna City.

The Peoria County Coroner has identified the body found in the Illinois River Monday.

Sheriff Chris Watkins says the 31-year-old man was found unresponsive in a cell by himself shortly before 1 a.m Tuesday.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood confirms the body found in a wooded area yesterday are the remains of 32-year-old Logan Dunne of Peoria.

One man was injured and another was arrested after a Saturday night shooting at Mike's Tavern in West Peoria.

The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating the drowning deaths of two 67-year-old Peoria men in a private lake on a property in the 5300 block of North Eden Road.

In a conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins talks about a variety of issues and concerns his office is facing, including the state of their buildings.

The Peoria County Sheriff's department is investigating the death of a adult man from Decatur found in the early morning hours Sunday in the parking lot of a Casey's at 2114 W. Farmington Road with multiple gunshot wounds.