Peoria, IL

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A 34-year-old Peoria woman arrested in connection to a gun incident on Wed. July 21 that left a 12-year-old boy dead was released from jail on Sunday. Karon Schuch was released on a $160 bond and is due in court on Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. She has not been formally charged.

PEORIA (HOI) -- Rick Pantages says a mirror was knocked off his daughter's car the morning of June 9. She needed a car wash and decided to go to Rainstorm Car Wash on Allen Road in Peoria. This was her first time there. "When they started going through the spinning...

PEORIA (HOI) -- A 12-year-old boy killed last Wednesday in his own home was a Peoria Public Schools student. Coroner Jamie Harwood identified the boy as Deshawnteris Edwards of Peoria Monday afternoon. "A 12-year-old from Trewyn has been shot," Harwood said. "It's heartbreaking. It really is heartbreaking. I can't imagine...

FARMINGTON—eBay Inc., is a multinational e-commerce corporation where one may buy or sell just about anything. David Giagnoni, Farmington, said recently he purchased a dollar bill on eBay but, as he explained it’s not just an ordinary bill, “The serial number on the bill, which is real, is the zip code for Farmington, 61531.”

PEORIA — A Peoria man's 14-year sentence on a weapons charge has been dropped after a ruling by appellate judges. But he'll still likely remain in prison for decades. That's because the three-judge panel sitting in Ottawa left intact Darrin C. Hardimon's murder conviction and the 80-year prison term that accompanies it.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The health departments in the tri-county area have announced 257 new COVID-19 cases and a total of 769 COVID-related deaths. 59,871 or 45.24% of residents have been fully vaccinated. Peoria County reported:. 116 new cases in the past seven days. Overall, 23,777 cases have been confirmed.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The name of a 12-year-old boy who was killed Wednesday morning has been released. Deshawnteris Edwards, 12, was pronounced dead at OSF St. Francis Medical Center at 5:44 a.m. after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Wednesday, July 21, just after 5 a.m., the Peoria...

PEORIA (WEEK) - Authorities are releasing the name of a 12-year old boy fatally shot last Wednesday and are declaring his death a homicide. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Monday the victim was Deshawnteris Edwards, who lived in the 3000 block of West Seibold Street where the shooting took place early that morning.

PEORIA, Ill. — A Peoria man has been sentenced to 5 1/2-years in federal prison for stealing nearly 100 guns, including one that that was used in a mass shooting last summer. The guns were stolen from a pair of gun stores in Galesburg and Monmouth two years ago. Keith...

After nearly an hour of discussion, the Pekin City Council approved a resolution to award its solid waste collection services contract to the city’s Solid Waste Division of the Public Works Department during Monday’s meeting. “I don’t want to ask, but it’s the right thing to do,” commented Pekin Mayor...

PEORIA, Ill. — An effort to restore the historic Madison Theater in downtown Peoria is taking shape. Plans to reopen the theater, built in 1920, would be part of a larger project that would relocate the Two25 restaurant, which closed earlier this year, from the Mark Twain Hotel to the Madison Theater Building.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – In August, Peoria Public School students and staff will return to the classroom, and they will do so while wearing masks. But, parents are sharing mixed reactions to the decision. **Both parents for this story were interviewed prior to the CDC confirming changes to its recommendations...

PEORIA (WEEK) - A Peoria man has been sentenced to 5 1/2-years in federal prison for his guilty pleas to stealing almost 100 guns, including one that that was fired in a Peoria mass shooting last summer. The weapons were stolen two years ago during gun store burglaries in Galesburg...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (HOI) - The National Weather Service announced on July 22, 2021, that the government body will enact a new severe thunderstorm warning criteria. The change is expected to go into effect on August 2, 2021, and will add two new damage threat categories alongside a severe thunderstorm warning, one of which will trigger the Wireless Emergency Alert system.

PEORIA (HOI) -- Two families are displaced after an arson fire Sunday morning burned down two homes. "We have nothing but our lives," resident Sharece Anderson. "So we really thank God for that." Anderson says she and her six kids left the home in the 800 block of Richmond Avenue...

Lavell Coleman, 30, of Peoria, appeared on Class X felony delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, and Class 1 felony possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth. Following testimony from Black Hawk Area Task Force Inspector Shawn Lay, probable cause was found. Coleman remains jailed on $150,000 bond.

PEORIA, IL – Always A Brave is still dancing in The Basketball Tournament after pulling away for a 70-50 win in the second round of the TBT Illinois Regional against No. 15 seed Jackson TN Underdawgs in front of a revved up home crowd Monday night at Carver Arena. The...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — First District City Councilperson Denise Jackson is inviting the public to tour her district to see the highlights and lowlights of Peoria’s Southside. “If you don’t live in the First District, if you don’t work in the First District, you probably don’t come to the First...