Category Archives: Local News
Update: Woman arrested for crash involving State Troopers in Peoria
UPDATED: 3:53 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Several people were hospitalized overnight following a crash that involved an Illinois State trooper's vehicle in Peoria. The incident happened around midnight Thurs...
Jun 17, 2021 (25 News)
Peoria Police ask for help in searching for missing endangered person
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are requesting the public's help in locating DuMaruria K. Wilson, who is 21 years old. Wilson was last seen Wednesday morning around 12:15 a.m. in the area of Lake and At...
Jun 16, 2021 Peoria Police Department
Putin and Biden end summit, schedule separate news conferences
GENEVA (Reuters) - With deep disagreements likely and expectations of solving them low, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down in a lakeside Geneva villa on Wednesday f...
Jun 16, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they arrive for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rockton fire out ; evacuation remains in place
ROCKTON, Ill. -- Firefighters have contained the fire that consumed a chemical plant in northern Illinois Monday morning, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses in Rockton. Rockton Fire...
Jun 16, 2021 Courtesy: 25 News
U.S. buys 200 million more Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses
(Reuters) -The U.S. government has bought another 200 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, the drug maker said on Wednesday, including an option to buy experimental shots that may be in develo...
Jun 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Pekin Police announce passing of retired K-9
PEKIN, Ill. -- An important member of the Pekin Police Department family has died. Pekin Public Information Officer Billie Ingles said Retired K-9 Ahen passed away May 24 at the Pekin Animal Hospital....
Jun 16, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Congressional Democrats wary of U.S. Senate infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday criticized a $1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal by a bipartisan group of Senate moderates as neglecting some of their key priorities,...
Jun 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Wide disagreements, low expectations as Biden, Putin meet
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin square up on Wednesday for their first meeting since Biden took office with deep disagreements likely and expectations ...
Jun 16, 2021 Flags of the U.S., Russia and Switzerland are pictured in the garden in front of villa La Grange, one day prior to the meeting of U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland June 15, 2021. Peter Klaunzer/Pool via REUTERS
East Peoria moving forward with building outdoor concert space
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- The realization of a new outdoor concert venue in East Peoria has taken another step towards reality, as commissioners on Tuesday night approved phase two of the Levee Park projec...
Jun 15, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
City of Peoria names new Police Chief
PEORIA, Ill. -- Following a nationwide search, the City of Peoria has announced the new Chief of Police is Eric P. Echevarria. Echevarria has more than 20 years of law enforcement experience in Elgin,...
Jun 15, 2021 City of Peoria
