Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Police mourn passing of retired K9 officer
PEORIA, Ill. - A longtime K9 member of the Peoria Police force has passed away. Peoria Police say on Facebook K9 officer Baron passed away Thursday at the age of ten. Baron was born September 11, 2011...
Jan 7, 2022 Peoria Police via Facebook
University of Illinois issues booster shot mandate
URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois System is requiring all students, faculty, and staff to get a COVID-19 booster shot when they're eligible to receive it. The university encouraged everyone t...
Jan 7, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
Special police detail nets 20 arrests, maybe more to come
PEORIA, Ill. - If you saw a lot of police activity in certain areas of Peoria Wednesday, Police Chief Eric Echevarria says it was by design. The chief, in a news release, says as part of his 2022 anti...
Jan 6, 2022 Midwest Communications
Local officials: We're undergoing a COVID-19 'tsunami'
PEORIA, Ill. - Local health officials are saying that the wave of new COVID-19 cases are more than a wave -- they are, in their words, a "tsunami." The average daily number of new COVID-19 cases in th...
Jan 6, 2022 Midwest Communications
Ameren Illinois: Supply chain issues didn't hit 2021 natural gas deliveries
Peoria, Ill -- Supply chain interruptions did not impact the flow of much needed natural gas to heat tens of thousands of homes across the central Illinois region. It's the assurance we get from Amere...
Jan 6, 2022 Photo: Ameren
Durbin speaks on Senate floor about Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Illinois' senior U.S. Senator, Dick Durbin, says it's concerning that some people believe the attack last January 6th on the U.S. Capitol wasn't that big of a deal. "I listen in di...
Jan 6, 2022 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Kinzinger: My GOP is not leading after Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger is hinting about what his future is, while commenting on the violence one year ago Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. "This time last year, I hoped v...
Jan 6, 2022
Peoria crews battle overnight fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home went up in flames early Thursday morning. Crews were called to the scene around 1:20 a.m. to a home near the intersection of E. Behrends and N. Delaware. Flames were seen...
Jan 6, 2022 Midwest Communications
Sheriff: Public tip results in arrest for fatal New Years Day hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says the public gets credit for information that led to the arrest of a Hanna City man for allegedly causing a fatal hit-and-run accident. The Sher...
Jan 5, 2022 2019 mug shot from Peoria County Jail
Peoria County set to upgrade electronic voting system to paper-based electronic system
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County is closer to getting a new voting system that could be ready to go for the midterm elections. The County's Finance and Ways and Means Committees, Monday and Tuesday, appro...
Jan 5, 2022 Midwest Communications
