The man was struggling to swim back to a boat near South Barker Island before going under and not resurfacing.

Search efforts are underway after a Lake Pleasant swimmer went underwater and failed to resurface on Sunday evening.

Ellis said Peoria has "always been a river town" and the boat was the "heart of this town." He proposed that if the city did not buy the boat outright, it should explore a system "like the Green ...

His name linked Old World elegance with Peoria. James Jumer, whose contributions to Peoria included Jumer's Castle Lodge, the Boat Works and the Spirit of Peoria riverboat, died Tuesday at the age ...

Peoria’s mayor at the time, Jim Ardis, was given a sculpture from an Aitou artist. Bob Khoury, owner of two barber shops, cuts Vijay Kuchhangi's hair in Peoria on Nov. 20, 2024.

The Peoria Fire-Medical Department has a unique resource no other Valley department has. A fire boat. FOX 10's Desiree Fluellen went to Lake Pleasant to check it out.

Mike and Karina Hinton have bought the park famous for its go-karts, bumper boats, batting cages, dune buggies, and miniature ...

The boat would travel down the Illinois River and travel through Peoria on its way to the Mississippi River where it would then turn south to St. Louis or north to Minneapolis.

CLINTON — A Peoria man who drowned last week at Clinton Lake was trying to retrieve his boat that had floated away, authorities said Tuesday. Michael R. Dailey, 63, was launching his bass boat ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WKRC/WEEK/CNN Newsource) - Several dogs are recovering after they were found abandoned in a boat Wednesday. The boat was anchored in the Illinois River. Police received a call around ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- A grand jury has indicted a Peoria police officer who authorities allege was under the influence of alcohol when the boat he was driving hit a barge on the Illinois River ...