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2019 was a violent year in Peoria. The city recorded 25 homicides — the highest number in more than 30 years.

The East Peoria City Council took the first step to approve Roy Sorce's application to start up a craft cannabis growing operation off Route 116.

A look at the cities, provinces and countries where the novel coronavirus has spread.

The city of Peoria will receive $500,000 to clean up a contaminated South Peoria plot.

District 87 Schools in Bloomington say they will ask the city for money to improve the high school and junior high.Superintendent Barry Reilly said both…

In Michigan, six state employees were charged Friday with covering up information that could have warned the public about lead contamination of the city of Flint's drinking water.

Family members of Andrew Brown Jr. were allowed to view a short snippet of body camera footage showing his killing by police in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

In New York City, a four-year old girl named Nadine Lockwood was found dead in a crib on Saturday - allegedly starved to death by her mother, who told police she "did not want or love" Nadine. Six other children in the squalid apartment were found, apparently unharmed. The case has focused attention once again on New York's child welfare system. The family had been investigated by a caseworker after a complaint, but the case was subsequently closed. NPR's Melissa Block reports.

It was announced today - "the electronic cash" of the future. Citibank, Chase Manhattan, Mastercard and Visa announced a joint project...The idea being-- a consumer loads the amount money onto a plastic card... much like a Metro or phone card or debit card.. let's say $100. This card would be accepted in lieu of cash at places like the dry cleaners or in a taxicab. The difference between this and a debit card? It's quicker to process. There will be a test run by year's end in New York, city. Robert Siegel talks with Henry Lichstein (Lick-stine), the vice-president for advanced technology at Citibank, about this "cash of the future."

at the FBI's forensic lab. She talks with outspoken whistleblower Frederick Whitehurst. He says that other agents contaminated and misplaced evidence... sometimes in such high profile cases as the Oklahoma City bombing. Whitehurst says his own lab reports were changed by superiors to make the lab look good and to help prosecutors. The FBI denies the charges. The agency now has to respond to the Justice Department, following a year-long investigation.