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Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell is resigning his office, effective Friday.
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While an overcrowding issue at the Peoria County Jail resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has eased somewhat, a staff shortage is straining the facility's operations.
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Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell believes not being able to transfer convicted inmates to state prisons is creating a snowball effect of issues at the county jail.
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A state grant of almost $860,000 will allow Peoria Public Schools District 150 to help students and families from communities adversely impacted by the…
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In the wake of a murder suspect’s suicide at the Peoria County Jail over the weekend, Sheriff Brian Asbell said the facility’s staff makes every effort to…
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The sheriffs of Peoria and Tazewell counties say they are open to addressing concerns regarding law enforcement, but a criminal justice reform bill before…
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Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell is asking for compliance with Gov. JB Pritzker's new COVID-19 mitigations on restaurants, bars, and gatherings. "We're…
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Peoria-area county sheriffs are going to have extra deputies on shifts for Election Day.“I would like to believe that we’re not going to have any…
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Pre-trial defendants who remain in custody are still allowed to vote in the upcoming election, and 2020 is the first year Illinois state law mandates…
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A pandemic within a pandemic: that’s how advocates have described a recent surge in domestic violence. Since stay-at-home measures were first issued in…