Category Archives: Local News
Suspect In West Texas Mass Shooting Identified
(AP) - Two law enforcement officials say the man who killed seven people in West Texas has been identified as Seth Ator. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on Sunday but were not authorized t...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2019 AP/Jake Bleiberg
Updated: Peoria Officers Involved In Sunday Shooting, Suspect Identified
Peoria Police were called to the 300 block of E. Virginia early Sunday morning on an unknown problem. A female called for police assistance, but the call was disconnected at approximately 4:25 a.m. Wh...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Dorian Ties Record For Strongest Atlantic Hurricane Landfall On Record
(AP) -The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Dorian made a second landfall at 2 p.m. on Great Abaco Island near Marsh Harbour at 185 mph. The center says that is tied for the strongest Atlantic h...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2019 AP/Ramon Espinosa
Police: Texas Gunman Used 'AR-Type Weapon'
(AP) - Authorities say a gunman who killed seven people during a rampage in West Texas used an "AR-type weapon" while opening fire at random as he was chased by police. FBI agent Christopher Combs sai...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2019 AP/Sue Ogrocki
Larger Than Life Character Behind Peoria Animal Sculptures
What's the story behind the wild animal sculptures popping up around Peoria? Monte de Gallo is the larger than life alter ego of local area artist Nic Di Caro's Sculptures by Monte. "Monte is everyone...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2019
Fierce Category 4 Dorian Menaces Bahamas En Route To Florida
(AP) - Hurricane Dorian has gained fearsome new muscle as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, bearing down on the Bahamas as it edges closer to Florida's east coast. Millions of people in Flori...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2019 AP/NOAA
Safety Alert Issued For Bradley Students Overnight
Bradley University Police issued a safety alert early Saturday morning after two students said they were threatened with a gun. According to the BU Police Facebook page, they were in a vehicle a few b...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2019 bradleyedu.com
Valerie Harper Broke Taboos, Stole Hearts As 'Rhoda'
(AP) - There was never a better laugh line in all of sitcomania and, in her signature role as Rhoda, Valerie Harper nailed it. Eyeing a piece of candy with desire yet trepidation, Rhoda cracks, "I don...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2019 AP/Rich Fury
Farmington Woman Killed When Car Goes into Building
A Farmington woman was killed Friday after a car drove through a building. The Fulton County Coroner said the woman died just before 11 a.m. after a car drove through the first level of a building at ...
Rick Hirschmann Aug 30, 2019
Man Wanted For Involvement With Recent Shooting
Peoria Police are asking for the community's help in locating Jyair Williams, 26, for his involvement with Thursday morning's shooting in the 3100 block of N. Isabell. Williams is a 6'2'' black male w...
Kristina Leahy Aug 30, 2019