Category Archives: Local News
Teen Wounded in South Peoria Shooting Saturday Afternoon
A 19-year-old man suffered a graze wound in a shooting on Peoria's south side Saturday afternoon. Peoria Police responded to two separate Shotspotter activations within minutes of each other. The firs...
Oct 25, 2025
Arson appears to be the cause of a fire in Peoria Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in a vacant home in Peoria caused roughly $40,000 damage early Saturday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says crews arrived at approximately 7:13 a.m., finding heavy sm...
Oct 25, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin food pantry asks for donations as shelves go bare during government shutdown
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - Organizers of a Pekin food pantry weren't prepared for what they saw earlier this week. A surge of people in need came suddenly, as a Facebook post showed a large line out the ...
Oct 25, 2025 (Hope Cupboard/Hope Chest Facebook page)
Natural gas rate increases likely for Ameren, Nicor customers next year
Article Summary Nicor Gas and Ameren Illinois customers will likely see a rate increase on their bills next year, pending a final decision from state regulators in the coming weeks. An administrative ...
Oct 24, 2025 The Michael A. Bilandic Building, pictured in spring 2024, houses the offices of the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Law professor took the stand in fifth day of Sean Grayson murder trial
UPDATED AT 12:35 P.M. PEORIA, ILL. (25 NEWS) - Day five of former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson's murder trial featured testimony from a national expert on police use of force. 25 News reports t...
Oct 24, 2025 Macon County Sheriff's Office
Top Trump official defied court order on tear gas during Chicago crackdown, protesters say
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A top U.S. Border Patrol official violated a court order limiting the use of tear gas during demonstrations against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Chicago, a gr...
Oct 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino attends a press conference, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
As winter approaches, Peoria's public camping ban is being enforced
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Winter is on its way, and there's no motel project to mitigate the effects of Peoria's public camping ban. Last winter, LULA Peoria helped the homeless community stay out of t...
Oct 24, 2025 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
Peoria's bringing the treats with annual 'City Hall-O-Ween' on Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Hall will be filled with ghosts, ghouls and Trick or Treating Friday afternoon. Peoria's Stacy Peterson says City Hall will be decorated for the 6th annual City Hall-O-Ween ...
Oct 24, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Experts Testify on Fourth Day of Sean Grayson Murder Trial
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The fourth day of testimony in the Sean Grayson murder trial brought several law enforcement witnesses to the stand Thursday. Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deput...
Oct 23, 2025 Macon County Sheriff's Office
Fate of Illinois' first-in-the-nation credit card 'swipe fee' ban awaits judge's ruling
Article Summary A federal judge this week heard oral arguments in a case challenging Illinois' first-in-the-nation law prohibiting financial institutions from charging fees on the tip and tax portions...
Oct 23, 2025 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
