PEORIA The Peoria Hofbrau property, 2210 NE Jefferson St., has been put on the market.
Outside the Hofbrau, which has been closed since July, the sale is touted on a large banner hanging from a parking lot fence along Northeast Adams Street. The sign s information is minimal, just a phone number and the announcement that the 1.75-acre property is for sale or lease.
Peoria County tax records list the owner as A&H Guzman Enterprises of Germantown Hills. The business was started in 1984 by Art and Hedwig Guzman, the latter of whom died in 2012 at their home in Germantown Hills.
For the operation, the couple leaned on her family recipes and his global experience in the food industry. The Guzman clan, including the couple s offspring, developed a menu that included German staples such as Wienerschnitzel, a thin veal cutlet that is breaded and pan fried, along with an assortment of sausages and soups.
PEORIA A suspect was arrested Thursday night in the murder of a Peoria woman whose body was found in East Peoria earlier that day.
Christopher J. Sanders, 42, of Peoria was apprehended in New Baden, according to Peoria Police Department spokeswoman Amy Dotson. The Clinton County community of some 3,200 residents is located east of St. Louis, about 170 miles south of Peoria.
Sanders was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder in the apparent slaying of Mona R. Ellison. The 50-year-old woman s body was discovered Thursday in woods near East Peoria Community High School.
Ellison had been reported missing Wednesday night.
During their investigation, Peoria detectives found information that implicated Sanders, Dotson said. Later Thursday, police had reason to believe Sanders fled to the St. Louis area.
PEORIA A now-former Peoria County sheriff s deputy has posted bail after being arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident Saturday night in which he was alleged to be intoxicated.
Andrew J. Engelbrecht, 35, was booked into the Peoria County Jail on Thursday morning for allegedly driving under the influence, failing to give aid or information after a crash, failing to notify police of a crash, disobeying a red light and leaving the scene.
He posted $300 bail and was released. Sheriff Brian Asbell, said Engelbrecht no longer is employed at the sheriff s office as of last Sunday. Any other details, he said, should come from Peoria police, which handled the accident.