EAST PEORIA - Social media chatter about a white van filled with possible kidnappers in a Kroger parking lot is not just greatly exaggerated, it's flat-out untrue.

Good morning, troops. It's Wednesday, Feb. 12. The likely, impending demolition of the 120-some-year-old mansion at 1509 N.

Almost 50 pounds of marijuana was found last month during a law-enforcement raid in Norwood, according to authorities.

BARTONVILLE - The Bartonville Board of Trustees passed two ordinances this week that together will enable a business to grow small batches of craft marijuana in a facility on Washington Street.

With recreational pot, the Peoria County Sheriff's Office has adjusted the traditional law-enforcement slogan of "to protect and to serve.