PPS closer to phone-free classrooms with nearly $250K purchase 18-year-old arrested in Peoria on weapons charges ordered to remain in prison Severe weather a concern Tuesday in central Illinois Peoria food kitchen hit by recent vandalism GasBuddy: Local gas prices up about a dime in latest survey Orin Zebest / CC Metamora grad selected to USA Olympic Swim Team Area road construction projects begin Monday Mail strewn about neighborhood prompts police investigation The Caterpillar Visitors Center and Museum offers a cool retreat from the heat State highway shootings decline as critics sue over 'dragnet surveillance' See More Back to Home