“Karina’s Bill essentially streamlines that process. The police are literally ordered at the emergency protection order stage to go get those firearms and hold them temporarily. Then there will be a ...

A Peoria man was arrested Monday after allegedly punching a police officer along North Sterling Avenue. Nicholas J. Boyd, 44, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, ...

Efforts to clear west-central Illinois roads of the 8 to 9 inches of snow that fell during the weekend are ongoing, though it ...

Travel in Illinois is still risky due to snow and ice-covered roads. State police advise caution and necessary travel only.

A winter storm watch is expected in central Illinois starting Sunday afternoon and through to Monday, according to the National Weather Service. But so far, the Peoria area has been spared the ...

Funded by the state as part of a pilot program created by the Illinois General Assembly in 2022, Waukegan is one of four cities in Illinois participating along with Peoria, Springfield and East ...

JiMichael Brown was charged with one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon Thursday after he allegedly shot at ...

KEWANEE, Ill. (KWQC) - Police are looking for a man who ran from the hospital in Peoria where he was being treated for a stab wound. Police said 36-year-old Scott Petty of Kewanee was the aggressor of ...

Kewanee police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a suspect accused of stabbing two people on New Year's Eve.

Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym ...

Three people were injured in a crash early Saturday evening. The Peoria Police Department responded to a crash at the intersection of West Willow Knolls and West ...