PEORIA - Police were dispatched to the scene of a shooting late Friday night near the Pierson Hills apartments, located at North Great Oak Road.

NEW YORK (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has pushed troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

EDWARDS -- An out-of-state rental car spun doughnuts in farm fields, causing $13,000 in damage, police said.

More than 4,000 people have now died from COVID-19 in Illinois, state public health officials said on Friday.

PEORIA HEIGHTS - Mayor Mike Phelan handed out checks on Friday to local business owners in the parking lot at Village Hall.