Peoria County Sheriff's Office

Several Peoria-area community leaders are set to speak Monday night on possible local impacts from the “Big Beautiful Bill” and other federal policies. The non-partisan discussion is the latest in a series of “teach-in” speaking engagements hosted by the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria.

This year’s Peoria Labor Day parade will take a new path, starting in lower Laura Bradley Park and heading west along Farmington Road in West Peoria.

The discovery of three vehicles on fire at a West Peoria business is being investigated as suspected arson.

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

A correctional officer was arrested and immediately fired from the Peoria County Jail Thursday night after an allegation of passing contraband to a detainee in exchange for money.

The new owners of a West Peoria liquor store are accused of selling alcohol to minors, months after the previous owner sold the business following a wave of similar incidents.

A 33-year-old man died Friday after the vehicle he was driving went off the roadway and struck a tree west of Chillicothe.

A 69-year-old Glasford resident died Thursday in a fiery three-vehicle collision in rural Peoria County.

An advanced technology coming to Peoria County offers the ability to track stolen vehicles without needing to engage in high-speed pursuits.

Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says an analysis of options to upgrade the jail facility is nearly complete.