Category Archives: Local News
Pekin vigil honors three boys who died too soon
PEKIN, Ill. -- About a dozen people held a vigil Monday evening in Pekin to remember three lives lost way too young. The group said they spread the word through social media and met up to show their s...
Apr 5, 2022 (25 News)
IL Democrats' bills support law enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Democratic lawmakers in Springfield are offering up new ideas that they say take a smarter approach to supporting law enforcement in Illinois. Senator Rachelle Crowe, of Glen Carb...
Apr 5, 2022 Midwest Communications/Ed Hammond
Peoria Police "Walk and Talk" resumes this Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says something he did last year with success will be done again this year. Every Thursday starting this week, the Chief will lead his officers and ot...
Apr 4, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Attempted murder, arson charges being filed against Washington man
PEKIN, Ill. - A Washington man faces several charges after a weekend incident that left a woman stabbed and her home up in flames. Tazewell County Sheriff Jeff Lower confirms David Naffziger, 50, is j...
Apr 4, 2022
Fulton County Jail escapee sentenced to prison
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A man who was one of a group who escaped from the Fulton County Jail last summer has been sentenced for the crime. Fulton County Court records indicate Cody Villalobos, 27, pleaded g...
Apr 4, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Fulton County Jail)
Cyr: Sale of Prairie Vista is off
UPDATED 1:24 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The sale of a Peoria-area luxury apartment complex is off. 5th District Peoria City Councilman Dennis Cyr says the city's meeting later this week about the sale of Pra...
Apr 4, 2022 (25 News)
Gordon-Booth helps introduce crime reduction plan for Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- House and Senate Democrats are unveiling a plan to reduce crime in Illinois. Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria says the proposal takes a broad, community-based approach, as oppose...
Apr 4, 2022 (Illinois Department of Central Management Services)
Washington woman stabbed; home destroyed by fire
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- A Washington woman was hospitalized Sunday after being stabbed by her brother, and their home set on fire. Just after 4 p.m., Tazewell County Sheriff's Deputies responded to East S...
Apr 4, 2022 (25 News)
Walk raises awareness of eating disorders
PEORIA, Ill. - Students at Bradley University are helping to raise awareness about an illness that, more often than not, people may not know someone is dealing with. Students and others dealt with rai...
Apr 3, 2022 (25 News)
Avanti's to close West Main location; others to return to 7-day operation
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of a popular group of restaurants in Peoria says it's closing one of its locations. Avanti's CEO Stefan Zeller says the location at 1301 West Main in the West Bluff neighborho...
Apr 3, 2022 (Avanti's)
