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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria Police responded to an incident at McDonald’s on University Street Friday. According to Peoria Police Lt. Michael Bolan, officers were initially responding to a hit-and-run near Walgreens on University Street. Officers observed a red pickup truck that refused to stop and crashed near Mcdonald’s.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria Police have arrested a man for the death of 40-year-old Timothy D. Foreman Jr. Friday. According to a Peoria Police press release, officers arrested 22-year-old Chazier Johnson for first-degree murder. The shooting occurred on March 8, near W. Beverly Court and Knoxville Avenue, at...

PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police, along with U.S. Marshals, arrested a man Friday for the shooting death of 40-year-old Timothy Foreman Jr. According to a release from the PPD, officers located 22-year-old Chazier Johnson on N. Gale Avenue. He was taken in for questioning and subsequently arrested for first-degree murder.

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - Pain at the pump took a brief pause Friday as a local grocery store brought its fuel prices down nearly 70 cents. For a couple of hours, HyVee of Peoria welcomed drivers to fill up for $4.61 a gallon. The store manager said they went as low as they could go on the price.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Several neighbors in Bloomington flooded the McLean County Museum of History Friday after the Supreme Court made the monumental decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Silent abortion-rights protestors covered the stairs of the museum Friday, holding signs and expressing their frustrations. Multiple speakers talked about...

PEKIN, Ill. — For years, TAPS (Tazewell Animal Protective Society) in Pekin has been finding new homes for pets that are brought to their shelter. But, recently, they’ve seen a significant increase in the number of pets being returned. “Unfortunately, a lot of them, the people are reporting...

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - ″So far I’ve got offers from Ohio State, Oakland. I got a recent offer last night from Depaul. I’ve got an offer from Mississippi State. I got a re-offer from Bradley and Illinois is the other offer.”. The list of offers...

June 25th, 1976 was a memorable night for me. I had just graduated from high school and Fleetwood Mac was scheduled to play a concert at the Glen Oak Park Amphitheatre with Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer Group opening up the show. Fleetwood Mac had released their first self-titled album...

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - A local nonprofit just received a big grant from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Peoria’s Tri-County Urban League got just over $68,000, which leaders say will go toward educational programs and job training. The organization teaches people how to achieve economic empowerment,...

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - Chances for needed rainfall return to the forecast tonight and tomorrow before we get a break from the heat and humidity early next week. Additional rain chances will be possible by the end of next week. Tonight:. Showers and storms will be possible late...

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - Chances for needed rainfall return to the forecast at times today before we get a break from the heat and humidity early next week. Additional rain chances will be possible by the end of next week. Today and Tonight:. We’ll see some passing showers...

DU QUOIN, Ill. (KFVS) - Illinois State Police (ISP) arrested a couple following an investigation by the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 7 agents into the death of a 3-year-old girl. According to ISP, 45-year-old Isaac Hill and 41-year-old Katrina Simelton, both from Carbondale, were arrested and charged with...

PEORIA, Ill. – There’s more work to be done. That’s what Catholic Diocese of Peoria Bishop Louis Tylka says on Friday’s Roe versus Wade-related decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tylka describes life as “a gift from God” and that the Catholic Church has “proclaimed the...

Eleven west-central Illinois students are among more than 1,700 named to the spring semester dean's list at Bradley University in Peoria.

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - Years in the making, a local nonprofit is expanding both their staff and crisis response services for violence victims with the help of grant funding. Just a few years ago, PCAV was operating on a shoestring budget of less than $5,000 a year. Now,...

The Supreme Court announced Friday the national decision to overrule the long-recognized Roe v. Wade, tightening laws around women's health care and reproductive rights. This means abortions will become illegal in many U.S. states. Central Illinoisans are expressing mixed feelings about the decision. Some are saying this is a step...

Two Prophetstown High School students recently attended a youth leadership camp at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Il. and came away impressed and excited by the experience. Jeremiah Kochevar and Heather Huizenga spent last weekend at the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership(HOBY) seminar. The students joined around 70 other students from...

PEORIA — Cooper Koch has decided his path through college basketball will follow the footsteps of his father. The 6-foot-8 junior-to-be at Notre Dame High School announced on Thursday he has committed to play at the University of Iowa. Koch's father, J.R. Koch, was a 6-10 center and former...

Jill Blair hosts a sign and a hangar during an abortion rights protest outside the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington on Friday. About 75 abortion rights advocates gathered in downtown Bloomington on Friday, hours after the Supreme Court announced its decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion.

Illinois State baseball third-year sophomore outfielder Ryan Cermak became the first Redbird to be named an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glover, as announced Wednesday. Cermak, who originally came to ISU as a shortstop and pitcher, was named the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year and earned First Team All-MVC honors for the second-straight season. Cermak was also an All-MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team recipient.