Peoria

Teachers and staff at a central Illinois high school are mourning the weekend deaths of four young women who were killed when their vehicle left a roadway and slammed into a tree. All four women killed in early Sunday’s crash in Peoria were Manual Academy graduates. Authorities identified them as Jazzman Burns, 22, a 2016 graduate; Quanylan Thomas, 19, a…

At least 13 people were shot after a large fight broke out at a gathering in Peoria early Sunday morning. According to Peoria police, officers were called to a large fight near the intersection of Water Street and Hamilton Street at approximately 4:41 a.m. Sunday. During the fight, which started within a group of nearly 200 people, gunfire erupted during…

A 58-year-old registered nurse accused of helping a heartbroken man end his life pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge.

A 9-year-old central Illinois boy believed to have set a fire that led to the deaths of five family members has been arraigned on first-degree murder charges. The Journal Star in Peoria reports Woodford County Circuit Court Judge Charles Feeney on Monday read a juvenile petition citing the murder charges, along with arson counts.

NBC 7 obtained audio from a 911 call made by a frantic homeowner whose husband used a taser to stop a San Diego Padres starting pitcher from breaking-into their home through a doggie door.

The mother of a 9-year-old Illinois boy who is charged with murder in connection with a mobile home fire that killed five people says the child is “not a monster.”

A central Illinois mobile home fire that neighbors called an “inferno” left three young children and two adults dead, authorities said.

The father of Timmothy Pitzen, the Aurora boy missing since 2011, opens up after a man was charged with impersonating his son. Susan Carlson reports. 

Pope Francis on Thursday named Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington D.C., choosing a moderate with Chicago ties, and the first African-American, to lead the archdiocese that has become the epicenter of the clergy sex abuse crisis in the U.S.

Authorities are working to confirm whether a body found in the Illinois River is that of a woman who was reported missing in February.

A Peoria nightclub is conducting one-time criminal background checks on customers.

Two Illinois high schools were named among the top 100 in the country and both were in Chicago, according to the latest ranking from US News & World Report.

Two Illinois high schools were named among the top 100 in the country and both were in Chicago, according to the latest ranking from US News & World Report.

Caterpillar announced it will build a new corporate headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. The construction equipment company has strong roots in Illinois, with its current headquarters in Peoria.

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Ivanka Trump, the daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, will headline a pair of Illinois fundraisers to benefit her father’s campaign next Wednesday in Peoria and Chicago.

More than 200 cringe- and laugh-worthy photos will be on display at a Peoria Museum beginning Tuesday for an “Awkward Family Photos” exhibit.

The central Illinois city of Peoria tentatively agreed Wednesday to pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man whose home was raided by police over a Twitter account he created depicting the mayor as a lewd fan of drugs and alcohol.

An autopsy determined that a 3-year-old boy from Peoria drowned in the Illinois River during a class field trip.