East Peoria News

SYCAMORE – Sycamore Fire Chief Bill Riddle is planning to retire in May 2010.

Dixon's Zach Payne and Sterling's Jacob Landis run Saturday during the Class 2A East Peoria Regional at Illinois Central College.

An East Peoria man is being sought internationally for defrauding the government.

The U-I-S Peoria Center was previously located on the I-C-C campus in East Peoria.

A Peoria teenager, one of four people arrested in connection with a string of at least 36 car burglaries in Tazewell and Woodford Counties, was sentenced Friday in Tazewell County Circuit Court.

The Tazewell County Health Department has run out of the H1N1 vaccine as it waits on its next shipment.

In Pekin fire forced occupants and employees out of the Holiday Inn Express this morning.

BATAVIA – City officials have reached an early retirement agreement with fire marshal Tom Springer as the city continues to search for ways to save money in the face of declining revenues during the sluggish economy.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that, weather permitting, crews will be working at the intersection of West Washington St.

The St. Louis man, dubbed by East Peoria's police chief as the dumbest criminal he's ever seen, is being detained by police in Minnesota after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

A Peoria teenager was indicted Thursday by a Tazewell County Grand Jury for allegedly resisting police in connection with what police are describing as a gang related weekend fight and shooting at Illinois Central College in East Peoria last month.

Livestock producers looking to supplement feed rations have numerous opportunities to use a variety of co-products in Illinois.

A DRIVER was ticketed for failure to reduce speed after an accident at the construction zone of Illinois 47, near Becker Road, about 4 p.m. Wednesday.

East Peoria High School students may have a new classification system soon. In most high schools, the students are divided up by the number of years they have been there.

The way students advance to the next grade level might soon change at East Peoria Community High School.

PEORIA/EAST PEORIA - Road crews will be back at it again this week. Main street in Peoria is closed to through traffic between North and Globe streets for the next two weeks.

Just one week into fall, Central Illinoisans today found themselves trying to stay warm, and keep from blowing away.

A riot of about 200 people broke out at I-C-C's East Peoria campus around eleven Saturday night.

A Peoria teenager was formally charged Tuesday with resisting police in connection with what police are calling a gang related weekend fight and shooting at Illinois Central College in East Peoria.

Three Peoria residents are in the Peoria County Jail on charges of mob action and aggravated battery in connection with a brawl over the weekend in East Peoria.