Peoria Police Department

The four Peoria police officers involved in the Oct. 3 fatal shooting of 59-year-old Samuel Vincent Richmond are on the job - albeit in back-office roles.

In a conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria discusses the year-to-year reduction in homicides and gun crimes, and the department's efforts to continue those downward trends.

The Peoria Planned Parenthood clinic will be closed for several months after Sunday's arson fire.

In her latest wide-ranging monthly conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses the significant progress made by the police department in reducing violent crime.

The city of Peoria is offering more than $90,000 to encourage a Peoria police officer to resign.

A Peoria police officer has resigned after getting into what the chief calls an altercation with a co-worker.

Peoria authorities are publicly releasing some materials related to the fatal shooting of 59-year-old Samuel "Vincent" Richmond, two months after the incident took place at a Peoria park.

An Illinois appellate court is upholding an arbitrator's decision ordering reinstatement of a Peoria police officer fired for racially insensitive conduct.

Family and friends of Samuel Vincent “Meatman” Richmond are demanding answers, a month after the 59-year-old Peoria man was fatally shot by Peoria police officers.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Couriaun Atkins, 23, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died instantly in the early Saturday morning shooting on the city's south side.