Rome News

A Peoria County Deputy was taken to the hospital this evening after his squad car flipped when it crashed into another motorist.

South Side Cindy & the Slip-Tones have a few gigs coming up, so if you're a fan, catch them while you can.

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WMBD/WYZZ PEORIA - The Peoria County Coroner is investigating a possible electrocution.

Electrocution caused a Rome man's death Friday in Kickapoo, according to an autopsy.

A 19-year-old Rome man is dead after he was electrocuted this morning while helping put a roof on a shed.

An area carpenter is dead following an accidental electrocution. The Peoria County Coroner, Johnna Ingersoll, says 19-year-old Joshua Defoe of Rome was killed while working on a pole barn.

Charlie Brown opposes the development of a gravel pit across the street from his home on Rome West Road in Chillicothe.

A Rome, Illinois man, indicted last month by a federal grand jury for allegedly possessing and producing child pornography, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Peoria Federal Court.

I'm on an island," Marv Eberle yelled from the front porch of his summer home, which has been surrounded by nearly 2 feet of water.

Flooding along the Illinois River is expected to crest Friday evening at over 27 feet in Peoria.

Family Fun Night at the Riverplex canceled Thursday night due to flooding. WMBD/WYZZ CHILLICOTHE/MEDINA The city of Chillicothe has sandbags available at the Chillicothe Fire Station One, 217 W. Chestnut ...

The Medina Township planning commission rejected the proposal for a gravel mining operation near Old Galena Road and Rome West Road at its meeting Monday.

A Rome, Illinois man was ordered detained Monday by a federal judge for allegedly possessing child pornography.

Posted Aug 31, 2008 @ 08:38 PM PEORIA - About 100 runners from central Illinois played their parts in setting a world record on Sunday while welcoming a change of scenery from the usual race settings.

A proposed gravel pit in Medina Township is in "direct conflict" with the future expansion of Illinois Route 29, a leading transportation official wrote in a letter submitted to Peoria County on Friday.

The sad truth is, uncovering corruption is over-rated, something the public pretends to care about in the abstract but shrugs off in reality.

A Washington-based firm has filed papers with Peoria County to open a gravel pit a few miles north of Caterpillar Inc.'s Mossville facility.

Rescue workers pulled a Chillicothe man from the Illinois River tonight after what police say appears to be a fishing accident.

Illinois American Water is done with its repairs along Route 29...restoring water service to customers in that area.