A Lansing man has been charged after a woman was shot inside a dorm at Bradley University Sunday, Peoria police said.

The Greater Peoria Auto Crimes Task Force and the Peoria Police Department have been awarded $1.36 million to help combat a surge of carjackings and auto vehicle thefts in central Illinois.

The former Sangamon County deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey is set to start trial next week in Peoria.

PEORIA – The 32-year-old man who died after being hit at the intersection of South Airport Road and West Monroe Road on Thursday, Oct. 16, has been identified as Eric Williams of West Monroe Road in Bartonville.

PEORIA — Peoria will be host to a "No Kings" protest on Saturday, Oct. 18. The protest will take place on the sidewalks along War Memorial Drive, between Knoxville Avenue and New York Avenue. The rally will take place between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

The murder trial for Sean Grayson, charged with shooting and killing Sonya Massey, begins Monday morning in Peoria.

The trial is starting in just three days for the former Sangamon County deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a Peoria, Illinois native and Spalding Institute alumnus, is being honored with the groundbreaking of the Sheen Experience, a museum dedicated to his life and legacy, which will be built on the site of his alma mater.

The Peoria Rivermen got two goals from captain Alec Baer and three assists from Laz Kaebel in his pro debut to bash Quad City in season opener.

Two bodies were discovered inside a vehicle near 51st Avenue and Peoria Avenue on Sunday morning, according to Glendale police.