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A Peoria parent says for her and others with kids, the COVID-19 advanced child tax credit was a difference maker.

Pritzker makes $90 million contribution to re-election campaign.

Deborah Greenlief is charged in Warren County with sexually assaulting a teenage boy between 2011 and 2013.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says COVID is taking more lives in the new year than at this time last year.

Longtime deputy announces run for Peoria County Sheriff

Two people have been arrested in Peoria after officers heard shots fired Friday morning.

Police Chief Eric Echevarria says over 50 vehicle stops were conducted resulting in several citations and numerous warnings, 15 arrests were made, illegal narcotics and drug paraphernalia were seized, 18 tickets were issued, 6 vehicles were impounded, and five illegally firearms were seized.

In a joint release, the hospital systems are also asking the community to help by donating blood.

As of Thursday night, 7,320 people were reportedly hospitalized with the virus.

The Illinois Department of Transportation says this work will begin Monday, January 17, weather permitting, and should only affect the outside shoulders along I-74 in each direction.

Nicholas March, 27, was arrested for burglary and resisting/obstructing a police officer, according to booking records and confirmed by Peoria Police.

Dense fog advisory to be followed by snow Friday evening

Local experts say the Tri-Counties have hit a grim, new COVID-19 milestone, and a recent Supreme Court decision might play a factor.

Last November, Ashers Bar and Grill on East Fort St in Farmington was destroyed in a fire.

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - The orange construction signs that filled Western Avenue for most of 2021 are now gone, but the city of Peoria is far from done with their $12 million project.

The Hubble Telescope revolutionized how we see the universe, but now the James Webb Space Telescope is here to do the same, but on a greater scale.

Over the past year, 350 youth in care have been left in psychiatric hospitals an average of 55 days because the agency didn’t have placement for them.

According to a release on their website, the pause begins Friday, January 14 and is slated to resume Saturday, January 22.

More than half the state’s elected County Sheriffs have announced their exit from the profession since passage of the Safe-T Act, according to Spain. Most cited the attacks by politicians on law enforcement.

Peoria Journal Star to stop newspaper delivery on Saturdays

Peoria’s Penguin Project is returning to the stage this weekend.

The former transportation director at East Peoria Community High School District #309 has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg has established a hotline for receiving calls of Cottage Hospital-Clinic patients who want to transfer their care. The hotline number is 309-344-9438.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 25, 2022, at the federal courthouse in Peoria, Illinois.

It's safe to say music is the passion for one Mr. Niles Jones at Harrison Community Learning Center.

A COVID-19 testing organization under investigation by multiple states and organizations has testing locations in Illinois and Iowa.

In just a few months, construction for the city’s brand new Fire Station 4 will wrap up, and it will honor the River City’s first black fireman.

A local high school is one of only ten schools statewide to receive almost $100,000 to curb violence. Those 10 are getting part of a $3 million dollar grant to boost school safety and keep violence out of the halls.

A new Illinois law in effect January 1 this year is meant to make it easier for Illinois residents who own a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card and a concealed carry license. But for some gun store owners, it’s still too much.

In 2006, Heartland Health Services community health worker Jolene Whisler received a life changing diagnosis.