Category Archives: Local News
South Side Mission begins preparations for 54th Thanksgiving Meal Ministry
PEORIA, Ill. - It's a busy week for everyone at Peoria's South Side Mission. On Monday, the prep work begins for their 54th annual Thanksgiving Meal Ministry. "We're going to take out about 2,600 meal...
Nov 24, 2025 (South Side Mission)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices dip slightly ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's gas prices have dropped 1.7 cents in the last week, averaging $3.17 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are 7.1 c...
Nov 24, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Fire causes $100,000 damage to Morton business
MORTON, Ill. (25 News) - A fire at a Morton bakery Sunday evening caused an estimated $100,000 in damage, but the business plans to fulfill Thanksgiving orders despite the setback. 25 News reports a p...
Nov 23, 2025 Great Harvest Bread Co.
17-year-old dies after shooting at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager has died after being shot at a Peoria apartment complex late Saturday night. Peoria Police says officers responded to reports of two gunshot victims at the Lexington Hills Ap...
Nov 23, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Update: Fire at Sigma Nu frat house intentionally set, but it was not arson
Updated at 7:28 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A fire Saturday morning at Bradley University's Sigma Nu fraternity house was intentionally set, but was not arson, according to an official with the Peor...
Nov 22, 2025 Midwest Communications
Peoria fire sends one person to the hospital Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Wyoming Street, between Oregon and Ligonier, Saturday morning for a fire that sent one person to the hospital. Fire Battalion Chief Josh ...
Nov 22, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Requests for new K-12 funding in Illinois likely to outstrip available resources
Story Summary School officials and education advocates have requested funding increases totaling $747.99 million for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1. The biggest items on the list includ...
Nov 22, 2025
Members of the Illinois State Board of Education and Superintendent Tony Sanders are pictured at a 2023 board meeting. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Governor Pritzker awards $10 million to Illinois small businesses
Skokie, ILL - Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced nearly $10 million in grants for 47 small businesses across the state. The funding, awarde...
Nov 21, 2025 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) smiles as supporters chant his name during an appearance at Illinois Central College's Workforce Sustainability Center on June 26th, 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two Peoria Men Charged with Sexual Abuse of Minors
Two Peoria men are facing serious charges involving the sexual abuse of minors, according to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office. Sergio Delgado-Rodriguez, 26, was charged Thursday with aggrav...
Nov 21, 2025 Midwest Communications
Roof Collapses During Fire at Canton Resale Store
UPDATE - 3:41 P.M. (Canton, Ill.) - A portion of a roof collapsed Friday afternoon during a fire at a Canton resale store. Firefighters battled the blaze for nearly two hours at Odds and Ends Resale o...
Nov 21, 2025 Canton Fire Department tackle a fire that a collapsed a roof of a downtown Canton building.
