(From WEEK News 25) - A father and his two young children are dead tonight, after a fire destroys much of their Peoria home early Saturday morning. Peoria County Coroner delivered the sad news at a mid afternoon press conference. "Early this morning, we have three persons who died, the result of a house fire here in Peoria," said ingersoll. The initial call was at...more
Security privileges are revoked for Peoria County Board member Brad Harding. Harding's key-card to get into security entrances won't work because he violated Courthouse rules. The Journal Star reports Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy review surveillance video and consulted with the Peoria County State's Attorney, County Board chairman and the Chief Judge of the 10th Judicial...more
A victory celebration for the Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign is truly that. The Army raised just shy of $1,522,000 during the 2011 campaign. That's a record and an 8-percent jump over the year before. Jim Moore says he and his wife Paula, who co-chaired the campaign, are overwhelmed by the community's support. The money raised through the Tree of Lights campaign represents...more
After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. "We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives," a Komen statement said. As first reported by The Associated...More
Ellen DeGeneres has beeen ruled out of a Peoria visit in late October. Organizers of the Women's Lifestyle Show had announced a campaign to entice DeGeneres here to appear at the event. However, Show organizer Joy Miller says DeGeneres has told the organization she has a family engagement already planned on the date of this years' Peoria Show October 27th. Miller says...More
Caterpillar officials say a plant in Canada where workers have been locked out over a contract stalemate, will now be permanently closed. The plant is a subsidiary of CAT, called Progress Rail Services. A CAT statement says that the cost structure of the Electro-Motive plant was not sustainable and efforts to negotiate a labor agreement failed. The plant employed about 450...More
State Farm Insurance plans to hire 3,000 people across the U.S. and Canada and add 900 agents. The Bloomington, Ill.-based company said Friday that the hiring will replace positions it has left open as the country's economy struggled the past few years. State Farm spokeswoman Holly Anderson said the jobs will be mainly in customer service, claims and IT. Three-hundred will be in...More
