Category Archives: Local News
Bradley holds in-person commencement ceremony
Bradley holds in-person winter commmencement ceremony PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Bradley University held its first in-person commencement since 2019 Saturday to celebrate this year's winter graduates....
Dec 19, 2021 25 News
Peoria firefighters respond to apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Smoke and flames were seen coming from a Peoria apartment building. The fire was reported around 5:50 a.m. Sunday at a two-story apartment building in the 2400 block of Gale Avenue. Fir...
Dec 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Illinois repeals Parental Notification Act
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Beginning January 1, 2024, Illinois minors will no longer have to have their parents' permission to get an abortion. Gov. J-B Pritzker on Friday signed a bill into law, that repea...
Dec 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Bond set in Attempted Murder case
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man accused of shooting another man in the south Peoria area earlier this week has bond set. James Harris, 29, was in court Friday . He'll have to post ten percent of a $750,...
Dec 17, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
Holiday carolers spread joy in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - 'Twas the week before Christmas and in the River City maybe some didn't feel jolly so Discover Peoria took pity Discover Peoria Friday rounded up some volunteers and went caroling. "We ...
Dec 17, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Four juveniles arrested for vehicle theft, one also faces weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they've arrested four juveniles for stealing a car, and one of them was also caught with a gun. They're not giving the ages or names of the juveniles, but say all four...
Dec 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
OSF HealthCare dedicates new downtown headquarters ahead of January opening
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bible verse "This is the day the Lord has made" might apply both Friday and January 4th for OSF HealthCare. The new downtown headquarters for OSF at Adams and Fulton is almost compl...
Dec 17, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Illinois driver's license expiration deadlines extended into early 2022
Peoria, Ill -- Driver's License Exipiration dates are being extended in Illinois thanks to a COVID-stressed licensing and I.D. system. The announcement came early Friday from Illinois Secretary of Sta...
Dec 17, 2021 A woman enters a Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles drivers license service center, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Hialeah, Fla. The U.S. Census Bureau has asked the 50 states for drivers' license information, months after President Donald Trump ordered the collection of citizenship information. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Peoria shooting leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized after a shooting Thursday night in Peoria. It happened just before 8 p.m. in the 500 block of Haungs Avenue. Officers found a victim who with a gunshot woun...
Dec 17, 2021 (25 News)
PPD: Missing person found
UPDATE -- Friday 9:45 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say missing person Andrew Bigham (20) who was last seen Thursday night , has been located and is safe. ----------------------------------- PEOR...
Dec 17, 2021 (Peoria Police Dept.)
