Peoria Police Department

An estimated crowd of around 400 first responders, elected officials, civic leaders and community members attended the 25th Anniversary 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Friday at the Peoria Riverfront Museum.

A group of 12 hotel owners in Peoria want the city to become one of the first Illinois communities outside of Chicago to establish a Tourism Improvement District.

The second suspect in last month’s early morning shooting and fleeing incident on the South Side that left two men dead has been released from the hospital and charged with first-degree murder.

A 20-year-old Peoria man has been arrested for murder and other charges stemming from a fatal shooting and crash last weekend on the city’s South Side.

Peoria County State’s Attorney Jodi Hoos has determined the fatal shooting of a St. Louis man by a Peoria police officer outside a downtown hotel in May was justified.

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

The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victims of early Saturday morning's fatal shooting, car chase and crash as a 52-year-old man and a 26-year-old man, both from the city's South Side.

Two people are dead, another person is wounded, and two suspects are in the hospital after a shooting led to a car chase and crash overnight Saturday on Peoria's South Side.

Peoria Police said Marcus Triplett Jr., 18, was arrested Tuesday during execution of a search warrant at a residence in the 1300 block of North Manchin Avenue.

A 17-year-old girl died early Thursday after the vehicle she was in was struck by another vehicle that fled from a traffic stop in Peoria’s East Bluff neighborhood.