Former Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy, who served as Washington Police Chief for eight years, announced his retirement from ...

McCoy, who also serves as Washington's public safety director, has been with the Police Department for eight years. He previously served as the 55th Peoria County sheriff from 2002-2017, and retired ...

Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly moved last year to eliminate a 1% statewide tax on groceries that funneled money back to cities such as Peoria. Pritzker labeled the tax as "embarrassing" ...

Mick Cronin’s Bruins put together one of the best transfer portal classes in the country, led by former New Mexico star ...

Senator Dick Durbin announced his retirement after 40 years of public service, and fellow public servants and politicians ...

Mike Frerichs and the Illinois State Board of Investors will be deciding whether to renew $5 million in Israel Bonds held by ...

They respected him and he loved the (central Illinois) community ... Coaching icon Chuck Westendorf worked at places like ...

The Illinois State Police has released the origin of the plane that crashed near the Coles and Cumberland county lines Saturday. The Coles County coroner said four people in their 40s were from ...

It was finally somewhat warm enough Monday night to play after the sun went down in Central Illinois. In the Mid-Illini baseball, Morton defeated Metamora 5-1 and Washington beat Pekin 12-0 under the ...

According to Ameren Illinois, power outages were reported in several Illinois counties, including Peoria, Fulton and Knox counties. Fulton County officials reported power lines were down ...

Richwoods, Dunlap, Eureka, Washington and more have nominees for Peoria-area high school athlete of the week. Vote here.

It’s time once again to dive in to another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about ...