PEORIA - A Peoria man told police he accidentally shot a friend as the two were smoking cigarettes.

PEORIA - A Peoria County jury took less than a day on Wednesday to find a Peoria woman guilty of stabbing another woman to death in late 2018.

EAST PEORIA - Early death repeatedly has struck the family of Tate Thurman.

MORTON - A head-on van-truck collision Wednesday on Interstate 74 east of Morton killed at least one person, according to authorities.

MORTON - Eastbound lanes of Interstate 74 were closed Wednesday morning following a head-on van-truck collision east of Morton.