A pre-trial hearing Friday resulted in a jury trial being changed to a review hearing for a Marquette Heights man being charged with arson and insurance fraud.

The East Peoria Fire Department had a busy weekend fighting two separate house fires, one of which resulted in the death of a woman.

East Peoria officers responded to a disturbance at 116 Sun Valley Court shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday. The call involved a man waving a knife and sword and saying he was going to kill someone.

Tazewell County coroner Dennis Conover pronounced an unidentified female  dead at 12:25 p.m. today at 112 Richards Court in East Peoria.

A Peoria County coroner’s jury ruled the death of a 6-month-old to be undetermined in a case involving co-sleeping

The East Peoria Police Department will gain an extra member to its force, bringing the total to 43 patrol officers.

East Peoria police are investigating a second robbery in the city within one week.

A male suspect, who wore a mask, entered the Smoothie King, 426 Riverside Drive, at 3:01 p.m. and demanded money.

East Peoria Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at 2:54 p.m. Thursday at Topic Cove Tanning.

The Tazewell County coroner’s jury has handed down a homicide ruling in the drug overdose death of a Cuba man found in an East Peoria hotel room.

Getting an ambulance if you have H1N1 is no longer as easy as dialing 9-1-1. Emergency dispatch operators are now triaging patients over the phone.

The Peoria Police Department is investigating a rash of armed and attempted armed robberies occurring in business parking lots throughout north Peoria.

Open burning of yard waste will be allowed in East Peoria Oct. 15 through Nov. 30.
Residents may only burn dry leaves and landscape waste. Only dry material should be burned in order to produce as little smoke as possible.

Three people were arrested on charges of mob action, aggravated battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm after an incident at Woodview Commons Saturday.

Officers responded to the student housing complex at 11:52 p.m.

Tickets for Chicago Bears and Cubs games, autographed sports items and a big-screen TV are among the items being auctioned during a Sept. 13 benefit for a police officer diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

In just two weeks, assistant chief Tony Lambdin will retire from the East Peoria Fire Department after 26 years of service.

For a job he has had for more than two decades, Lambdin said it was a long road to get there and he fell into the profession completely by accident.