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PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating a shooting in South Peoria which resulted in two men being tran...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday to the Marathon Gas Station in the 19...

Midwest Communications/Shutterstock PEORIA, Ill. — More details have been released surrounding the officer-involved shooting early Sunday morning near Taft Homes. According to Sgt. Amy Dotson, the officer observed a large fight near the intersection of Adams St. and Green St. near Taft Homes when he pulled up to the scene in his vehicle. After getting out of his vehicle, he was immediately shot at. The officer was hit in the lower right leg and moved back into his squad car to take cover from...

25 News PEORIA, Ill. – Eastbound War Memorial Drive near the intersection with Big Hollow Road was closed for several hours Sunday as police investigated an accident involving a vehicle and a bicycle. The bicyclist was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according Sgt. Amy Dotson. Dotson said preliminary information gathered at the scene indicated the vehicle was traveling east on War Memorial Drive around 10:54 a.m. when the bicyclist, east of the intersection, attempte...

(25 News) UPDATE 3:20 p.m. — Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man killed Monday night as 23-year-old Labaron Duff, of Peoria. Duff suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and likely died instantly. He was pronounced dead at OSF just after 9:30 p.m. __________________________________________ PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police responded just before 9 p.m. Monday to a ShotSpotter alert of multiple rounds fired in the 1300 block of S. Griswold. Officers found a man who had...

Standard said he believes Hart no longer is in the area. Following a manhunt that extended north at least 25 miles from the jail, the other three escapees were captured Thursday. The third escapee to be located was 26-year-old Cody Villalobos. According to Standard, Villalobos was apprehended while hitchhiking between Trivoli and Hanna City in western Peoria County. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell confirmed Villalobos was taken into custody about 10 p.m. Thursday along Illinois Route 116 nea...

UPDATE (9:54 a.m.) PEORIA, ILL. --Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said 34-year-old Kimberly Ander...

PEORIA – A stranger conned his way into the home of a retired Peoria surgeon prior to his stabbing death, States Attorney Jodi Hoos told the Journal Star. Robert Ely, 54, was arrested Wednesday in the St. Louis area and charged with murder in the death of 92-year-old William Marshall in early January. Ely, who is from the St. Louis area, is part of a group of people who travel around the region and "target the elderly," Hoos said. "They start with individuals who usually live alone, are olde...

Initial investigation indicated the victim could have been burglarizing a home when he was shot by the resident.

PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded Friday night at 9:51 p.m. to the 500 block of E Kansas St. after a nearby officer heard shots fired. A ShotSpo...