North Pekin News

Accusations of Tazewell County Sheriff's Department employees associating with strippers surfaced again during the disciplinary hearing of suspended Deputy Jeff Bass, with testimony that claimed Bass had a ...

Evangelist Donnie Swaggart starts his revivals with a warning. "I'm not everybody's cup of tea," he cautions.

An early Thursday morning fire has severely damaged a home in Creve Coeur. Multiple crews responded to the 200 block of Scenic Park Drive around three a.m. Thursday.

A study to examine the best types of businesses to fill Parkside Plaza was voted down by the North Pekin Village Board on Monday night.

Three Pekin teens have been arrested for allegedly stealing a houseful of items from more than 100 cars, all of which were unlocked.

A new product is changing the way firefighters do their jobs, and you may soon find it here in Central Illinois.

A new product is changing the way firefighters do their jobs, and you may soon find it here in Central Illinois.

Fireworks frustration is developing over what's legal and illegal to sell and shoot off in the state of Illinois.

Two lanes of traffic on Illinois Route 6 were closed for several hours Friday night after a trucker crashed his empty gasoline tanker into a sign near the roadway.

“I made the first one because of our large family cookouts”

For one North Peoria dentist, shiny grills - the cooking kind, not the brace kind - are his passion. via PeoriaTimes-Observer

“I guess what they'd rather do is spend that money on attorney's fees”

Threats of lawsuits, heated arguments and a board member resigning his post and storming out all happened at the Village Board meeting Monday after a developer's controversial request for village funding was ... via Journal Star

“This is a 3.5 Liter V-6 Impala from 2007. It's designed to run both on E-85 and traditional gasoline.”

As gas prices seem to only go higher, ethanol is being touted as the fuel of the future. via WEEK-TV

NORTH PEKIN, Ill. - An autopsy is scheduled for Monday for a central Illinois taxi cab driver killed in a collision with an ambulance. via Quad-City Times

WMBD/WYZZ TV - PEKIN - An early morning accident has taken the life of a 48-year-old Pekin woman. via WMBD-TV Peoria

A taxi cab driver was killed this morning when she crashed into an ambulance at the intersection of Illinois Route 29 and Radio City Drive in Pekin. via Journal Star

A power outage plunged more than 4,000 AmerenCILCO customers into darkness for several hours earlier tonight. via Journal Star