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" ...

The city of Washington approved a 1% grocery tax in a 6-2 vote, hoping to maintain the sales tax revenue that would be lost ...

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 ...

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 ...

McCoy has spent the last eight years as the city’s Chief of Police, appointed in May 26,2017, by outgoing Mayor Gary Manier.

In the hours following Pope Francis’ death Monday, leaders from Illinois — including former President Barack Obama and Gov.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he won’t seek re-election to his seat which will clear the way for a wide open race to replace him ...