Peoria County news briefs
— December 25, 2019REGIONAL College expanding tuition-free program Eureka College is collaborating with a trio of local high schools — Eureka High School, East Peoria Community High School and Washington…
REGIONAL College expanding tuition-free program Eureka College is collaborating with a trio of local high schools — Eureka High School, East Peoria Community High School and Washington…
One hundred years ago, Fulton John Sheen knelt in The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria. His first mass took place…
It’s tough to say how many days and nights Ivan Tharp has spent at OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois, enough, though, for the East Peoria sophomore to choose it as the focus of…
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…
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…
A jury has convicted 13 members of the Peoria street gang known as Bomb Squad for conspiracy to organize and operate the gang as a criminal enterprise that has plagued the Peoria community…
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…
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…