Category Archives: Local News
Peoria crews battle house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters were called just before 5 a.m. Thursday to a house fire in the area of W. Ann and Louisa Streets. When crews arrived, they found the house fully engulfed in flames. ...
Jun 10, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. senators push for infrastructure plan that avoids tax hikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of 10 senators is trying to craft a plan to revitalize U.S. roads and bridges without tax hikes, lawmakers said on Wednesday, though some of President Joe Bide...
Jun 10, 2021 U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) looks on as he departs after attending a bipartisan work group meeting on an infrastructure bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
State COVID roundup 6/9: hospital beds in use remain under 800
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A total of 408 people throughout Illinois between Tuesday and Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19, while 23 died from it. 68% of the state's adults have received at least one d...
Jun 9, 2021 Midwest Communications
Arrest made in murder of longtime physician ID'ed as victim of 1st Peoria homicide of 2021
***UPDATE*** 6/9/21 6:45 P.M. A man has been arrested in connection with the homicide. 54-year-old Robert Ely was nabbed Wednesday in St. Louis on a first-degree murder charge. Ely's bond was set at $...
Jun 9, 2021 Midwest Communications
TC Energy scraps KXL project after President Biden revokes key permit
A $9 billion oil pipeline that became a symbol of the rising political clout of climate change advocates and a flash point in U.S.-Canada relations was officially canceled on Wednesday. Keystone XL, w...
Jun 9, 2021 REUTERS/Todd Korol
O'Brien Steel deals with Wed. A.M. blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- An exhaust hopper was the source of a Wednesday morning fire at O'Brien Steel. Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded just before 11 to the business at 1700 NE Adams. The fire, which ...
Jun 9, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Local COVID roundup 6/9: 24-hour death count high, new cases dwindle
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria and Woodford Counties between Tuesday and Wednesday lost two residents, apiece, to COVID-19 complications. In Peoria, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 80s died. Both Woodford...
Jun 9, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden drops Trump attempt to ban TikTok, WeChat; orders new review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat and TikTok, and ordered a Commerce Department review o...
Jun 9, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Crews battle house fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics were called to a residential fire just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of W. Virginia. First crews on the scene found black smoke coming f...
Jun 9, 2021 Midwest Communications
PPD nabs suspected murderer of missing man
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man was taken Tuesday into Peoria Police custody on two counts related to murder of a man who'd been missing since early March. 32-year-old Gabriel Cook was reported to the Peoria Co...
Jun 8, 2021 Midwest Communications
