For Kristen Ziman, thoughts of the victims of last year’s Henry Pratt Company shootings are never far away. The Aurora police chief has spoken around the country about her department’s…
EAST PEORIA Train Fair comes rolling into ICC campus The Peoria Train Fair returns to the Illinois Central College East Peoria campus, Sunday, Feb. 16. The Train Fair, the last…
On Jan. 12, 2019 Kedron Murphy was shot five times and was pronounced dead at 6:30 that morning in the backyard of a south side home. Murphy’s murder was a bleak milestone in what…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-2nd) are among area leaders pushing back against comments U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made about gun control and Chicago….
About 50 people — young, old, and every age in between — gathered at Restore Church in Yorkville Aug. 27 with one thing in mind — saving their lives. Participants sat down for…
New rules governing how retail gun dealers do business go into effect Friday, Jan. 17 and include the types of records they must keep, how weapons and ammunition are to be stored and…
Brenda Mitchell sent one of her sons, Kevin, off for a tour of duty in Afghanistan. It was her other son, Kenneth — living in south suburban University Park — whose life was tragically…
It may seem like gun violence is a trend on the upswing in Peoria. But to those on the inside, gun violence is a cultural legacy, handed down to the young and impressionable…
