Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos released findings stating that a police officer's use of deadly force was justified during a May shooting that killed Cortez White.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peoria attorney Tom Leiter and two attorneys from Chicago filed a motion this month asking that Leiter no longer represent MJ ...

Local attorney Thomas Leiter is suing the owners of Riverview Plaza over unpaid legal fees garnered over a two-year period.

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A small residential and commercial development in Downtown Peoria was approved by the Peoria City Council on its consent agenda Tuesday night. The City Council gave unanimous approval with no ...

A one-week continuance was given in Peoria County Court on Monday to the city of Peoria and MJ Illinois LLC as the two parties continue to work out the details of a deal that would see a conclusion ...

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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- The shooting of a St. Louis man earlier this year by a Peoria Police officer was considered justified given the events of that evening, according to Peoria County State's ...

Editor's note: A previous version of this story misrepresented Tom Leiter's withdrawal from the Riverview Plaza case. An order has been filed in Peoria County for him to withdraw as counsel. (This ...