Tim Shelley

A man is dead after a hit-and-run accident in South Peoria just after midnight Monday.

The Peoria Police Department responded to the 2300 block of W. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. around 12:15 a.m. to find a man down in a driveway. Police said it appeared he was hit by a vehicle.

He was taken to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The man was identified as 58-year-old John Harvey of Peoria. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow.

The Peoria Fire Department pulled six people and a number of pets out of a Peoria home filled with carbon monoxide on Sunday afternoon.

Authorities are investigating after a woman was found dead in a vehicle in a Central Peoria driveway early Sunday morning.

One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 74 in Peoria County late Saturday night.

The city of Peoria will likely temporarily allow restaurants and bars to set up outdoor seating on private property, sidewalks, or even the street.

A Peoria man is facing felony charges in Woodford County after he attempted to flee from a traffic stop into the flooded Illinois River.

Woodford County Chief Deputy Dennis Tipsword said Anthony Huynh, 23, was pulled over on Route 23 near Roanoke Concrete around 10 p.m. Thursday on a traffic violation.

Huynh fled the scene in his vehicle as a deputy approached on foot. A car chase continued until Huynh drove his vehicle onto Collins Lane, which is currently closed off to traffic due to river flooding. Tipsword said Huynh drove his vehicle into the river.

The city of Peoria has negotiated a tentative $1.5 million settlement to end a lawsuit filed by the family of murder victim Kayla Fannon.

Bradley University is offering buyouts to all full-time employees in an effort to trim costs as the institution faces a grim upcoming year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Illinois River is expected to hit major flood stage in Peoria by Friday morning. Cities aren't waiting until then to start preparing.

Peoria's new state-run COVID-19 testing site opens this Saturday. One perk - less intimitating nasal swabs.

The Dunlap School District's new offices should be completed by this fall.

Restaurants and bars are busily preparing to open back up for business outside next Friday.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the young boy killed yesterday in a shooting police deemed accidental.

A child has died after a shooting deemed accidental in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

The East Peoria City Council gave an initial nod towards allowing businessman Roy Sorce's special use permit to process Asian carp caught in the Illinois River into bait.

A new 4-story, $45 million mixed use development appears to be officially on the way to East Peoria's Levee District.