Category Archives: Local News
Parents at odds with one Washington school district's decision to keep requiring masks
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Parents in one of Washington's four school districts are not happy with their district's decision to continue requiring everyone wear a mask, at least for now. "I hate comparing my ...
Feb 8, 2022 (25 News)
PPD asks for help in finding missing man
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing man who hasn't been seen for almost a week. 54-year-old Von Fitzpatrick was last seen about 9 a.m. on February 2nd ...
Feb 8, 2022 (Peoria Police Department)
Peoria home destroyed by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home is a total loss after a fire Monday night. Crews were called to the area of S. Lydia and SW Adams Street just after 6 p.m., finding fire coming from a first-floor window ...
Feb 8, 2022 (25 News)
PPS narrowly approves modified school calendar
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public School Board members have voted to change the annual school calendar, shortening summer break by nearly two weeks and lengthening both fall and spring break periods. Foll...
Feb 8, 2022 Peoria Public Schools via YouTube
Mackinaw Police want help identifying suspect in multiple crimes
MACKINAW, Ill. - Police in Mackinaw say they need help finding and identifying a suspect in a series of criminal activities there. Police say the suspect is wanted on a number of charges, including se...
Feb 7, 2022 Mackinaw Police
Update: Juvenile dies from stabbing near Quest Charter Academy
UPDATED 2:12 p.m. 2/8/22 PEORIA, Ill. -- A juvenile boy has died and two people, including another juvenile, are under arrest after a stabbing Monday afternoon near Quest Charter Middle School in Peor...
Feb 7, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria one of sites for new initiative from Drug Enforcement Administration
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration is starting a new initiative to, it says, combat drug-related violence and overdoses across the country -- and Peoria is one of the places it's s...
Feb 7, 2022 Drug Enforcement Administration
East Peoria teacher apologizes after controversial COVID-19-related post
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria high school teacher and former journalist has apologized for a post making the rounds on social media obviously against the lifting of a COVID-19-related mask mandat...
Feb 7, 2022
Affidavit reveals details of death of infant, allegedly at hands of father
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Prosecutors in Tazewell County are laying out their case against a Washington man charged with the murder of his three month old son. According to a probable cause affidavit obtaine...
Feb 7, 2022 Tazewell County Jail via 25 News
Pritzker criticizes judge who ruled against school mask mandates
CHICAGO, Ill. - To put it mildly, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is not happy with the Sangamon County judge who, on Friday, ruled in favor of a number of school districts who had filed a lawsuit oppos...
Feb 7, 2022 Midwest Communications
