Peoria Heights News

The Performance Group from Merrilee Studios are, front row, from left: Helen Ward, Emma Dorcy, Savannah Hack, McKenna Coartney and Faith Adams.

Two people, arrested after police discovered a working meth lab in their East Peoria motel room, were arraigned Friday in Peoria federal court after their case was there from Tazewell County Circuit court.

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has local governments and school districts up in arms over a proposed plan to pay for pensions with local dollars.

As "The Heartland Sound Staged" nears principle production, producers of the local TV pilot hold dress rehearsal Tuesday night in Peoria Heights.

Police responding to a domestic disturbance wind up making a meth bust in East Peoria early Thursday morning.

PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Don Jackson, the president of the Peoria NAACP says the state of Illinois doesn't need a concealed carry gun law, no matter that most other states do.