Police and fire personnel could not locate a person in the Illinois River near the Bob Michel Bridge on Monday morning, despite an extensive search. The Peoria Fire Department responded to the ...

On June 18, a federal judge ruled that pollution from poultry litter in the Illinois River Watershed has shown no "substantive change," following a trial involving multiple poultry companies.

UPDATE (6/13/25) — The Grand River Dam Authority reported they've located the body of a man who went missing in the Illinois River after jumping from a bluff. After searching for several days ...

An advocacy group with ties to Washington, D.C., is working to bring a national cruise line to the Illinois River that would make a stop in Peoria. The Illinois River Cities and Towns Initiative ...

In a lawsuit that’s reached 20 years in length, a Tulsa-based federal judge has ruled the Illinois River watershed still is being damaged by poultry waste runoff, more than two years after he ...

The Tazewell County Coroner's Office has identified the person found Wednesday morning in the Illinois River in Pekin as a 20-year-old Manito man. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley pronounced ...

The Illinois River still suffers from excessive phosphorus levels and Northwest Arkansas poultry companies still bear the bulk of responsibility for it, a federal court judge ruled Tuesday.