Terry Muench News Today

The conviction of Brandon Walker represents the latest failure of DCFS to care for some of the most vulnerable residents in Illinois.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A Peoria teen was caught on video surveillance footage shooting a Havana man in the parking lot of a Peoria County liquor store. That’s the information from Assistant State’s Attorney Terry Muench who told a Peoria County judge what happened last weekend in the parking lot of Laramie Liquors, which sits […]

The Peoria, Ill., boy called 911 hours after he allegedly killed his mother during a fight early Tuesday morning, say police

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A South Peoria man on Thursday was ordered held on $75,000 bond after being caught with “AK-47 pistol.” Qualin Lewis, 23, appeared by way of video conferencing in Peoria County Circuit Court on the single count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a nonprobationable felony that could send […]

Both the victim and alleged shooter had been at a South Peoria nightclub just prior to the shooting, prosecutors said Friday.

An Illinois father was charged with aggravated battery after reportedly hitting his sons head so hard it resulted in a skull fracture.

The injuries indicated someone had struck the child on both sides of his head. The case is being prosecuted in Peoria County