Elmwood News

The following incidents were listed among official reports in the Oak Park Police Department between June 30 and Monday.

A semi rear-ended a Jeep near Brimfield on Friday afternoon, flipping the smaller vehicle and injuring four people inside.

Somewhere between the mulch and the muck, it hit me. "I'm not sure if gardening is the therapy for work," I muse out loud to my patient spouse.

An Edwards teenager, indicted this week for allegedly injuring the Elmwood police chief last month during a scuffle, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Peoria County Circuit Court.

An Edwards man is in jail today after allegedly kicking Elmwood's police chief in the head at an apartment complex.

Every Thursday evening I take my two dogs with me in our truck to the Tastee Freeze in Elmwood for an ice cream treat.

A security guard was charged with helping a man burglarize the former Allied Composites plant at 333 N. Sixth St., and a police officer posing as a security guard there two days later caught the alleged ... via Courier News

“Either you can create it, or you can let it create itself.”

AWar Eagle Walk with the new staff marching to the new building from Oakdale, Elmwood and the Sophomore Campus might help contribute to a new culture for Heritage High School, teachers suggested at a recent ... via Herald-Leader

A 41-year-old Brimfield man is dead after a van and pickup truck collided in rural Peoria County Tuesday morning. via WHOI

Fatal crash in Peoria County kills a Brimfield man. The mini - "van and pick - "up truck collided just outside of Elmwood Tuesday morning. via WEEK-TV

“We had very limited access to the basement so ventilation and access were a big problem and it just slowed down the battle. And of course manpower during the day is limited, too”

A man is being treated for burn injuries to his face and hands after an explosion rocked a Peoria County home. via WHOI

“We had Princeville, Elmwood fire departments assisting us, with multiple farmers and friends and family from the area all responded”

It took emergency workers about three hours Wednesday to pull a man's body from a full grain bin near Brimfield. via WEEK-TV

“He does not speak the English language very fluently”

' Designed by one of the leading American sculptors of the 20th century, the 96-year-old "Trotter Fountain" in downtown Bloomington might be the most significant work of public art in the Twin Cities. via The Pantagraph

“I may be on the treadmill at midnight”

Story by MATT BUEDEL AND LESLIE FARK # Photographs by LESLIE RENKEN # of the Journal Star It would be imprecise to say they deal with death. via Journal Star

The two motorists injured this morning when their vehicles collided on Illinois Route 78 near Elmwood have been treated and released from OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. via Journal Star

Jessica Incorvaia has an eye for interior design as well as for feet, hence her trendy store for footwear. via Br city

“So we talked with the instructors and asked if they thought she'd be a good match, and they said, 'Sure.' It's open up to anybody as long as they are willing to take on challenges and have fun with it.”

It's winter guard season, which means the DeKruiff family's weekends are now spoken for through the beginning of April. via Naperville Sun

About 10,000 Ameren Cilco customers in our viewing area have no power. Cities and towns with the most significant outages include Chillicothe, Dunlap, Elmwood, Peoria, Mossville and Yates City. via WHOI

“Every farmer has an air compressor. What else to clean equipment and blow up tires?”

Think farming is easy? You might want to swing through the Peoria Civic Center where the Greater Peoria Farm Show runs through Thursday. via Journal Star