Peoria County news briefs
December 18, 2019PEORIA Roads reopen for December, but more closures coming North University Street, from Pioneer Parkway to Townline Road, is now open to two-way traffic. Altorfer Drive, at University…
PEORIA Roads reopen for December, but more closures coming North University Street, from Pioneer Parkway to Townline Road, is now open to two-way traffic. Altorfer Drive, at University…
Two people have been arrested and charged after six children, all under the age of 6, were found unattended and neglected in a Peoria apartment. On Dec. 11, Peoria police responded…
On Dec. 14, when the fresh wreaths are placed on the 754 veteran’s graves at Glendale Cemetery 224 will be sponsored by the American Heritage Girls Club of Morton. Every December,…
PEORIA COUNTY 4-H Foundation awards $49,000 scholarships The Illinois 4-H Foundation provided $29,000 in college scholarships and awarded another $20,000 in national conference travel…
The Community Needs Agency is a small operation that’s been doing big things in Chillicothe for more than 40 years. Funded entirely by donations and staffed by a part-time director…
The City of Chillicothe will have a new eagle sculpture along the river thanks to the Rotary Club of Chillicothe. At the Nov. 11 City Council meeting, the Rotary Club of Chillicothe…
PEORIA Division chief promoted to assistant fire chief Chief James Bachman has been promoted to the position of assistant fire chief for the Peoria Fire Department, beginning Nov. 30….
Santa might travel by sleigh but some Chillicothe children will be receiving Christmas gifts from police officers in squad cars this year. The Chillicothe Police Department’s…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….