In the days after the death of her friend, Daulton Simmers, Kimi Maberry had one primary motivator for getting through her days: helping out. After her initial shock at hearing that Simmers – known as “DT” by friends and family – had been killed in a fire at Caterpillar’s Mapleton Foundry on June 6, she […]
The morning anchor for Peoria’s CBS and Fox affiliates is leaving the stations, with plans to take a job in Wisconsin. Kyreon Lee said last week that she would be leaving WMBD and WYZZ, where she has served as morning anchor for the past three years. In a Facebook post, she said that the decision […]
Living in a tent on a grassy strip of land in downtown Peoria is not an easy life, but it is a “tolerable” one, says Glenn Giles, a homeless man living in the city. Giles, 59, has been living in a tent — one of roughly eight that make up a small encampment in downtown […]
An 8-year-old girl died Thursday after a United Airlines flight required an emergency landing at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said that at 7 a.m., deputies responded to the airport after receiving a report of a plane landing at PIA due to a medical emergency. The flight, which […]
Peoria police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 2-year-old girl suspected of being abducted by her father Saturday. Police say 52-year-old Kevin Carr was visiting his daughter, Kirby Carr, for supervised visitation at a home near Lake Pleasant Parkway and Speckled Gecko Drive when he fled the scene with her in a 2014 […]
Peoria police are “looking into every aspect” of a head-on collision that killed a Dunlap High School student in early May, police spokeswoman Semone Roth told the Journal Star. Nevaeh Mitchell, 18, was leaving her job at the Grand Prairie AMC movie theater, driving north on Orange Prairie Road when a car traveling the wrong […]
In the early morning hours of May 9, Amy Shay woke up from her sleep to hear and feel her house vibrating numerous times. She likened the situation to a tornado or a severe thunderstorm, but as she learned over the course of that morning, she was involved in something more complicated than inclement weather. […]
Clover flowers and above knee-height weeds are abundant outside of the KFC at 2231 W. Glen Ave. in Peoria. Various plants have sprouted up in the small crack where the parking lot meets the sidewalk. A messaged taped to the restaurant doors reads in part: “We wanted to take a moment to express our heartfelt […]
A Peoria woman was identified as the person who was found in the Illinois River on Friday. The Peoria County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as Seiarra (Waddell) DeLasso, 37. An autopsy has been scheduled. The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office responded to Mosiac Fertilizer in the 8700 block of Cargill Road around 1:45 p.m. Friday. […]
The investigation into a head-on collision that killed a Dunlap High School student is still in progress three weeks after the accident. Around 11:38 p.m. May 4, a black 2012 Ford Fusion collided with a white 2012 Nissan Versa in the 8400 block of North Orange Prairie Road, causing major damage to the front of […]
In South Peoria, Garden Street Cafe announced a new owner is preparing to take the reins of the decades-old business. “We are so excited to announce our New Owner, Mr. Jeff Harris,” the business wrote in a May 21 Facebook post. “Come join us all on Saturday, June 1st for the Grand Opening of this […]
Peoria has been named the No. 1 place to live in the state of Illinois for 2024-2025 by U.S. News and World Report. Peoria is the only Illinois city to be ranked in the top 100 places to live, coming in at No. 82. Rockford was ranked 105th and Chicago came in at No. 119. […]