Author Archives: Julia Bradley

Ameren Illinois is hosting an interactive Energy Efficiency Power Hour for local seniors Thursday, August 22, at the Fondulac Park District in East Peoria. Attendees will have the opportunity to watch...

Peoria's Lutheran Social Services of Illinois needs more foster parents to help children under their care. "Every agency is in the same boat...as in there just aren't enough homes," said the agency's ...

(AP) - The Department of Homeland Security is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. That's according to two DHS offici...

(AP) - New security measures will be put in place next month for tours of Illinois' Governor's Mansion in Springfield. State Police acting director Brendan Kelly says individuals will have to sign up ...

A stabbing overnight leaves a woman injured on Peoria's south side. Police say the woman was stabbed in the eye in the 900 block of S. Shelley Street just before 11 p.m. Tuesday. The incident is being...

(AP) - A federal judge hearing the city of Chicago's lawsuit against Jussie Smollett says she'll rule on the actor's request to toss the suit in October. The 10-minute status hearing Tuesday was the f...

A Bayview Gardens man was arrested early Tuesday morning after he allegedly robbed a Germantown Hills gas station Monday night. The Woodford County Sheriff's Office said that 35-year-old Adam Wilson w...

There is potential for severe storm activity beginning Tuesday morning in the Peoria area. 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says the main concerns are widespread damaging straight-line winds ...

(AP) - The parents of slain University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang are giving $20,000 to the people who provided information that led to the arrest and conviction of their daughter's k...

Washington native JD Dalfonso is the new president of the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Dalfonso is now in charge of a staff of 15 people that are focused on eight counties that make up ...