Authorities’ estimates of how long the baby had been dead before he was discovered ranged from four to 24 hours, according to reports.
Prosecutors determined the officer who fatally shot a knife-wielding naked man and the 4-year-old boy he was holding hostage was justified.
He also offered to strip, took off his pants during a tour and evicted tenants who were unreceptive to his advances, authorities said.
Police said 29 gunshots were fired, wounding 5 people, all adult or juvenile males.
The man was robbing the boy of a gun, which turned out to be a toy, according to 25News Now.
A 32-year-old Chillicothe man faces a mandatory federal prison sentence if convicted. He allegedly told investigators it was "all worth it."
He had been working at the foundry nine days when he was incinerated after falling into a pot of iron heated above 2,000 degrees, OSHA said
Deven Lane, 18, was found dead two days after he was reported missing.
“Dreka and her 8-year-old son who tried to protect his mom didn't deserve this.”
A man at the scene was detained, according to the Peoria County Sheriff's Office.
Dierkes was a welding college graduate who worked at the Caterpillar foundry in Mapleton and a father to three daughters, ages 4, 5 and 12.
Zachary Hart had been at large for days after he and three other inmates escaped Fulton County Jail Wednesday, police say.
A manhunt is still underway for Zachary J. Hart, 36, one of four inmates who escaped from Fulton County Jail Wednesday.
Police said the woman, originally believed to be a teen girl, was taken against her will.
The Peoria Fire Department responded to the area of the 2900 block of N Sterling Avenue Tuesday for a multi-vehicle crash.
The indictment alleges Damien Grant, 33, threatened to blow up a court house and kill a federal judge's family.
State police said the driver of a tractor lost control and overturned during a hayride with 20 people on board.
Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries while 11 others also suffered gunshot wounds.
On arrival to the scene, Police officers and EMS discovered a male unresponsive, not breathing, and obviously deceased.
On June 12, 2017, the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office recovered a skull that washed up on the shore of the Illinois River in Kingston Mines.
Marius Montez Mason, 38, of Peoria, Illinois, was arrested Friday when Arizona police seized a record $4.1 million, 362 pounds of meth.
The child is accused of intentionally setting a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults.
The children, ages 1 and 2, died along with a man and a woman.
Jeffrey Reinking is accused of giving his son Travis Reinking the AR-15 used to kill four people at a Waffle House in April 2018.
Two California men face drug trafficking charges after a state trooper discovered hidden cocaine in the back of a tractor-trailer on I-55.
Peoria police said an officer was stationed in the empty parking lot across from Coopers Gas Station to speak to anyone who has info.
The suit accuses Jeffrey Reinking of negligence and conspiracy for returning several guns to his mentally unstable son.
Rev. Jeffrey Windy previously served time for manufacturing and selling a date-rape drug.
20-year-old Matthew Roberts of Princeville has been charged in deaths of Susan Brill de Ramirez and Antonio Ramirez Barron, Sheriff said.
The bodies of Susan Brill de Ramirez and Antonio Ramirez Barron, both 63, were found Tuesday in the Spoon River.
21-year-old Jose Ramirez, of Princeville, is charged with first-degree murder, Peoria County Sheriff's Office reported.
Police said Danny Smith Jr., 30, demanded victim's family pay a ransom from lottery winnings.
Illinois native Travis Reinking, 29, will reportedly be committed to a mental hospital.
Officials say a small wound was found on 47-year-old Kevin M. West's head when they discovered his body.
The mother of 23-year-old Akilah DaSilva is suing Illinois natives Travis Reinking and his father, Jeff Reinking.
Peoria Police Department officials are asking for anyone with information on Wednesday's shooting to contact police.
Police are patrolling the scene at Sunday's Railroad Days Carnival in Galesburg after shots were fired Saturday night during the event.
Peoria Police are reminding parents and community members about teen curfew laws.
Woodford County authorities are looking for 16-year-old Nicole Keller who has been missing since Friday morning, June 8.
Police arrested 27-year-old Anthony L. Jackson in the stabbing and shooting death of 43-year-old Timothy Jackson.