Peoria News

Hundreds of residents from Peoria and Marshall County lined up for an H1N1 Clinic underway in Chillicothe Monday evening.

If you are in the giving mood this Christmas, there are a number of organizations in Peoria, Illinois looking for Christmas volunteer work and charitable donations.

A 17-year-old girl has been found dead in the basement of a Peoria house under what authorities are calling "suspicious" circumstances.

A Peoria man died in a car crash early Saturday morning where police say the driver was under the influence.

It's a school that focuses on math, science and technology. A charter school could soon be in Peoria.

In our area there are three confirmed deaths related to the H1N1 virus. News of the latest death came today from Peoria City/County Health officials.

One of two suspects, nabbed in connection with a carjacking and shooting on Peoria's south side earlier this year, pleaded guilty Tuesday just as his trial was about to begin.

A special group of puppies was treated to a first-birthday celebration at a west Valley high school Thursday.

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

Police have come up with a new tool to respond to reports about a suspicious house, fights or all-night parties in Racine.

An admitted Al Qaeda sleeper agent who arrived in the US one day before the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison on Thursday.Ali Saleh Al-Marri of Qatar and Saudi Arabia had faced up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to a single count of conspiring to provide ...

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2009 photo released by the International Committee of the Red Cross via his lawyer Andy Savage, Ali al-Marri is seen at the Charleston Naval Brig in Charleston, S.C. A two-day sentencing begins Wednesday, Oct.

Defense attorneys for an al-Qaida sleeper agent plan to argue at his sentencing this week that his five years spent locked up without charge was enough punishment and he should be immediately released.

A Peoria man, charged with the city's fourth homicide of last year, had a change of heart just as his jury trial was beginning Monday.

A Philadelphia jury returned a sealed punitive-damages verdict Monday against drugmaker Wyeth Pharmaceuticals after finding a link between a woman's breast cancer and the hormone-replacement drug she took.

A Peoria man, who confessed to the city's 17th homicide of 2007, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for the choking death of a homeless man.

Date: October 22, 2009 Released by: Alma Brown, Communications Manager Subject: MAIN STREET CLOSURE UPDATE Due to all the wet weather over the last several weeks, the progress has been slower than anticipated on the repairs to the sanitary sewer along Main Street.

Baxter is our 10 month old Boxer and he is a wonderful addition to our family. He enjoys playing with our 7 year old Boston Terrier and loves playing with our 2 year old son .

The country's top arts official is going on the road. Rocco Landesman, chair of the National Endowment of the Arts, announced Wednesday that he will spend six months visiting towns and cities nationwide, starting Nov.

The country's top arts official is going on the road. Rocco Landesman, chair of the National Endowment of the Arts, announced Wednesday that he will spend six months visiting towns and cities nationwide, starting Nov.