PEORIA - Woodford County has agreed to pay $490,000 to the estate of a man who died in its jail two years ago, according to federal court records.

PEKIN - Newly avaiable military discharge records were on display Monday at the Tazewell County Clerk's office.

PEORIA - A man was ordered held on $15,00 bond on charges that he illegally possessed a firearm. Samuel Davis, 47, of 1111 W.

PEKIN -  A Pekin man led police on a high-speed chase in which he pointed a handgun at a squad car before his vehicle struck a truck, charges allege.