PEORIA - A Peoria man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years behind bars for killing his mother last summer by beating her with a hammer Jeremy M.

OTTAWA - A Canton man was fortunate a bison didn't rock him last weekend at Buffalo Rock State Park.

PEORIA - A Peoria County man told police that his girlfriend ended an argument Tuesday by firing a gunshot at him.

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