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Peoria County Sheriff investigating possible attempted child abduction
BELLEVUE, Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to learn more about a possible child abduction. Sheriff Chris Watkins said deputies were called the 5000 block of Katherine Avenue in Bellevue on Tuesday after witnesses saw a silver sedan with tinted windows, a dented passenger door, rust on the bottom, and a loud exhaust approach a 6-year-old girl.
UPDATE: Rt. 24 reopens near Mapleton after fiery crash
PEORIA (25News Now) - Several agencies were called to the scene of a fiery crash Wednesday evening on Route 24, just east of Route 9, near Mapleton. Route 24 was initially shut down in both directions, but the road has reopened for traffic, according to the Peoria City/County Emergency Communications Center.
Deputies looking for man who allegedly tried to abduct child in Bellevue
The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident Tuesday night where a man tried to abduct a 6-year-old girl. Sheriff Chris Watkins said that at 7 p.m. deputies were sent to the 5000 block of Katherine Avenue in Bellevue after they received a report of a possible kidnapping. They spoke to various eyewitnesses who saw a silver sedan with tinted windows, a dented passenger door, rust on the bottom and a loud exhaust park approach the girl.
Peoria County Sheriff investigating attempted kidnapping in Bellevue
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. – The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible attempted kidnapping. In a release, Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were called around 7 p.m. Tuesday to the 5000 block of Katherine Avenue in Bellevue, not far from Norwood Primary School. Several witnesses told officers...
Peoria County deputies investigating report of attempted kidnapping in Bellevue
The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a reported attempted kidnapping in Bellevue. Sheriff Chris Watkins says several witnesses reported a silver sedan with tinted windows approached a six-year-old girl in the 5000 block of Katherine Avenue around 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The girl told deputies that the driver...
Area road construction projects begin Monday
CENTRAL ILLINOIS, Ill. – Several new road construction projects will impact traffic next week. Southbound 14th Street in Pekin will be closed at Derby Street as part of the Derby Street reconstruction project between 14th Street and 8th Street. Side streets off Derby including Black Street, 13th Street and 12th Street will be open to help with detoured traffic off 14th Street.
Autopsy of young girl who died after emergency landing in Peoria is inconclusive
The Peoria County coroner said Friday that an autopsy into a young girl who died shortly after a plane she was traveling on needed an emergency landing was inconclusive, with a longer process likely needed to determine her cause of death. Coroner Jamie Harwood said that the autopsy in the...
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