Chris Watkins

Laura Cullinan, a prominent Peoria area philanthropist and community advocate, has been identified as the woman killed in a rollover crash Saturday night in rural Peoria County that led to criminal charges against the driver.

A woman is dead after an off-road vehicle crash Saturday night in a rural area northwest of Peoria, authorities said. The vehicle's driver faces DUI charges.

Police are investigating after shots were fired Wednesday morning near the Peoria County Courthouse Downtown.

A 43-year-old Peoria man is charged with impersonating a Peoria County sheriff’s deputy and weapons crimes after he conducted an illegal traffic stop last week.

The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office now has its own equipment to use updated technology for testing evidence in shooting investigations.

The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office is getting 45 new automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, thanks to a grant of nearly $53,000 from the Gary Sinise Foundation.

The Peoria County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot during a traffic stop Saturday has been identified as Jack Evans.

A 62-year-old man is dead after a house fire Tuesday on Old Galena Road near Chillicothe. It's the second fatal fire in the area in the past week.

An investigation is underway after a 39-year-old woman being held at the Peoria County Jail died Tuesday morning.

City and county agencies are bracing for anticipated large crowds and demonstrations around the downtown Peoria County Courthouse when the murder trial of Sean Grayson begins Monday.