“This isn’t ‘Scared Straight,’” Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said. “This is truth. (The female inmates) were in your position, but you’re being given something they didn’t have. People are ...

Alexander Smith forced his way into the home of Walter Mitchell and Susie Ephrem and opened fire, killing them.

Alexander Lee Smith, 21, has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing a Peoria couple during a home invasion ...

Drivers in rural Illinois are being urged to slow down and be cautious when approaching intersections with tall cornfields, ...

David Hay is entering his 10th year as the head football coach at Glenwood High School, but for nearly his entire career he's ...

Volunteers from local organizations, including the Peoria Women’s Club and Bradley University Alumni Association, spent their Friday morning cleaning and restoring the gravestones of the ...

PEORIA ( 25News Now) - The Heart of Illinois Fair has substantially downsized this summer, and event organizers are hesitant ...

Spangler also works with the Peoria chapter of Red Sneakers for Oakley, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about ...

On July 11, Reservations announced it will soon “cease to exist as a dine-in restaurant.” Chef Jeremy Washum opened the establishment at 718 W. Glen Ave. in Peoria earlier this year.

Democrats in Illinois’ 2026 Senate race warn Trump’s federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and rural care will hurt residents.

A second person plead guilty on Friday for their part in a botched Facebook Marketplace robbery that took place in Peoria in 2024. Keshawn Williams, 20, plead guilty on Friday in Peoria County Court ...

The 7th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has charged a man with first-degree murder in 2 deadly stabbings that occurred ...