Jason Howell
Digital Content Manager
East Peoria, IL
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Electrical fire causes estimated $70,000 damage
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The man wanted in connection with the city’s 10th homicide has been arrested.
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A victim was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The victim of the city’s latest homicide Tuesday has been identified.
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A bill increasing access to healthy food options in schools around Illinois has been signed into law, according to a state release.
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The health department says the best way combat the virus is to get vaccinated - and as soon as they’re eligible
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Both companies have 15 business days from receipt of citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings
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The semi-driver was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Reaction is pouring in from around the state as elected officials weigh in on the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Kimberlee Burton is charged with concealing the death of her 7-month-old daughter, Zaraz Walker.
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"Today’s decision is not the last word in this matter."
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One person was unable to get out of their vehicle while the occupants of the others were out when first responders arrived.
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At the time of the call Monday, it was 89 degrees outside, according to the report.
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In a release, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says an estimated 800 enslaved individuals would traverse past Logan’s property and receive his assistance on their path to freedom.
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Police say the bus driver was making a left turn onto Harrison when the crash happened.
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The fire at the Grand Bear Resort in Utica on May 30 has been deemed accidental.
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The newly announced expansion will add 169,000 square feet dedicated to producing Kinder Bueno, a popular Ferrero premium chocolate bar that launched in the U.S. in 2019.
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New dashcam video obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request shows an Illinois State Police Trooper trying to help the driver of a traffic stop near Chenoa, before being attacked.
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A Peoria Fire Department Battalion Chief says the owner of an automotive customization shop is lucky he got out when he did when the car he was working on “burst into flames” Thursday.
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Chenoa Police Chief Travis Cornwall says the juvenile did not intend to cause harm to students.
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He says he has been in contact with his family every day since that mass shooting.
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Over 200 different specialty cookies are offered.
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A beloved candy shop in Peoria, The Nut Shop has had a few locations downtown in the last century. It has been at its current location since the 1970s.
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The Peoria and Bloomington metropolitan areas saw lower unemployment rates and an increase in jobs
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Demolishing the silo leaning the most will proceed Thursday.
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One of the guns was stolen, according to police.
Police say officers were dispatched to a business in the 1400 block of North Main Street for a burglary alarm.
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No one was hurt after the shots fired incident early Wednesday morning.
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Petersen Health Care Inc. of Peoria was found to have failed to pay the correct overtime because the company wrongly assumed the affected workers were not entitled to overtime pay, according to a release from the United States Department of Labor.
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Day three of the effort to demolish the rest of the silos continues.
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Pekin settles class-action lawsuit over ADA complaints of poor sidewalk conditions, plaintiffs react
The City of Pekin has entered into a consent decree, settling a class-action lawsuit against the city brought in 2018
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She’s due back for a status hearing at 10 a.m. on July 14.
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It wasn’t a bird or a plane but Batman and Captain America outside cleaning windows at OSF Children’s Hospital in Peoria on Monday.
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A man from Fishers, Indiana has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash in rural Tazewell County Saturday night.
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The center urges motorists to seek an alternate route of travel.
The demolition crew will be on scene Friday morning at BioUrja as the Peoria Fire Department removes resources from the site.
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A listing for a Deer Creek home is making its way around the internet after being posted on Twitter Tuesday.
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Police believe they have done the same thing at other Walmart stores.
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Edwards woman convicted of shooting last year at local bar
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Several RVs are either damaged or destroyed after mechanical work leads to fire at Spindler Marina in East Peoria.
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The Peoria City/County Health Department is stepping in to help concerned parents during the nationwide shortage of baby formula.
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A man is wanted by Peoria Police for fleeing from Peoria Police and causing minor injuries to officers, among other incidents.
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Peoria firefighters are getting help from Chicago as crews continue to pour water on the silos at the BioUrja ethanol plant.
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PEORIA - Caroline Street in Peoria is currently closed at Monroe, after an early morning crash involving a school bus.
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Engineers say they won’t touch the silos until the fire is out.
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The father of convicted Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking has been found guilty for unlawfully giving back confiscated firearms to his son.