Category Archives: Local News
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices down a few cents, while prices nationally are mixed
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped over 2.5 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.28 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. That's roughly 6.5 cents lower than both a month ago and th...
Oct 06, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Residential fire causes $20,000 damage to Peoria home Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a residential fire in the area of E. Fairoaks and E. Tripp Avenues Sunday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin said crews arrived just after 3:30...
Oct 05, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria crews prevent brush fire from spreading to homes Saturday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a wooded area in the 2800 block of W. Reservoir Boulevard Saturday afternoon on reports of a brush fire spreading close to some nearby homes. Fire Bat...
Oct 05, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Over Pritzker's objections, Trump sending 300 National Guardsmen to Chicago, governor says
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker on Saturday announced the Trump administration is sending 300 National Guard troops to Chicago after the president spent weeks alternatively threatening to do so and b...
Oct 05, 2025
Teenager ordered detained in shooting death of 15-year-old in Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager accused of conspiring to kill a 15-year-old boy in a Peoria home and then hiding the body in a rolled up carpet must remain in jail until trial. 25 News reports a motion was ...
Oct 04, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Trump freezes $2.1B for Chicago transit projects in latest 'punishment' of blue states
CHICAGO - The White House on Friday froze $2.1 billion in federal funding for Chicago infrastructure projects in the latest move targeting Democratic cities and states amid the federal government shut...
Oct 04, 2025 Passengers for the CTA Red Line wait for their train to arrive in 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Alleged downtown Peoria shooting must remain in jail for "pretty brazen act"
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of shooting two people in downtown Peoria early Sunday morning, which led to chaos with a hostile crowd and police, must stay in jail. 25 News reports 29-year-old Adrian...
Oct 04, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
7th Circuit denies Madigan's bid to stay out of prison while he appeals corruption conviction
Article Summary Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will still have to report to prison later this month after a federal appeals court denied his bid to stay out on bond while he fights his ...
Oct 04, 2025 Flanked by his two daughters, former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, departs the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after receiving a 7 ½-year prison sentence on corruption charges on June 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Mother of Peoria shooting victim remembers teenaged son
PEORIA, Ill. - The mother of a teenaged homicide victim in Peoria from this week says she is taking it one day at a time. 15-year-old Keyaun Hardimon was found shot dead in a home near Sheridan and Mc...
Oct 03, 2025 (25 News)
Peoria man arrested after allegedly stealing police ammo during downtown shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Another person has been charged in connection to unrest that occurred following a shooting early Sunday morning in downtown Peoria. Peoria Police say 29-year-old Torrance Barber was arr...
Oct 03, 2025
