Category Archives: Local News
Bradley's Charley Steiner to be inducted into MVC Hall of Fame
PEORIA, Ill. -- Charley Steiner will become the 13th Bradley Brave to be inducted to the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Hall of Fame in March 2022. Steiner graduated from Bradley in 1971 and immedia...
Aug 25, 2021 Bradley University
First ever Bridge-to-Bridge Festival aiming to connect four river communities
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Most communities across the area have their own festivals and celebrations unique to others. When the first ever Bridge-to-Bridge River Drive Festival kicks off on Sept. 18, it ...
Aug 25, 2021 Courtesy: Bridge-to-Bridge Facebook page
U.S. to prioritize troop evacuation in last two days of Kabul operation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military will continue evacuating people from Kabul airport until an Aug. 31 deadline if needed, but will prioritize the removal of U.S. troops and military equipment on...
Aug 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marines provide assistance at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. Picture taken August 22, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/Handout via REUTERS.
U.S. House approves voting rights bill, but outlook poor in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a voting rights measure that Democrats say would help counteract a wave of voting restrictions in Republican-led states, bu...
Aug 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Unused privacy booths are seen at a voting site in Tripp Commons inside the Memorial Union building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Election Day in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
The Forge Steakhouse closes in Morton
MORTON, Ill. -- A Morton restaurant closed its doors for good on Tuesday. The owners of The Forge Steakhouse announced on Facebook that they want to sell the business for nearly $180,000. In the post,...
Aug 25, 2021 (25 News)
Storms cause outages in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- A cluster of strong thunderstorms that moved through the Peoria metro area Tuesday night caused some power outages. Early Wednesday morning, the Ameren Illinois Outage Map showed sever...
Aug 25, 2021 1470 &100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
PPD makes arrest following Tuesday morning homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called just before 4 a.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of NE Jefferson on reports of a man down in the street. "Officers arrived, they did locate a male with obvious trau...
Aug 25, 2021 (25 News)
Greater Peoria EDC helping 'get back to business'
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council (GPEDC) is out in the community trying to help businesses with new grant money available from the State of Illinois. Illinois launched t...
Aug 24, 2021 Greater Peoria Economic Development Council
Pritzker: Full approval of Pfizer COVID vaccine should mean more vaccinations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Will the Food and Drug Administration giving full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine lead to more people getting the shot? Pritzker says he sure hopes so, especially since he ...
Aug 24, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
State: Peoria Civic Center COVID-19 testing site not reopening
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The COVID-19 testing site at the Peoria Civic Center isn't re-opening after all. The Illinois Department of Public Health tells our news partner 25 News the site -- which was ...
Aug 24, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
