Peoria County Sheriff's Office

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.

The Peoria County Sheriff's Office reports one of its deputies was shot several times during a traffic stop Saturday night and is hospitalized with serious injuries.

Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said an adult male was found with at least one gunshot wound. He died at a Peoria hospital. A woman with a gunshot wound to her leg was transported to the hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.

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.

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.