Category Archives: Local News
NWS: Funnel Clouds Could Form This Afternoon
The National Weather Service says, thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Barry, conditions are favorable for the formation of funnel clouds Tuesday afternoon. "It is not uncommon to see these types of f...
Jul 16, 2019 Andi Butler/Facebook
R. Kelly Ordered Held Without Bond
(AP) - A federal judge has ordered R&B singer R. Kelly held in a Chicago jail without bond on sex crime charges. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber handed down the ruling Tuesday after Kelly wa...
Jul 16, 2019 AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, File
PPS Stuff-A-Bus With School Supplies Campaign Kicks Off
It's almost that time of year for school to start back up. But, before heading back to school, kids need their school supplies. The Peoria Public Schools' 2019 Stuff-A-Bus campaign kicks off this week...
Kristina Leahy Jul 16, 2019
Riverfront Museum Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Apollo 11
It's the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's launch to the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on the morning of July 16, 1969. Peoria Ri...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
Car Hits Home’s Gas Line; Suspect On The Loose
(25 News) - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is looking for the driver of a car they say severed a gas line to a house, before taking off. It happened just after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 800 block o...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
Peoria Shed Damaged By Fire
Peoria firefighters were called to 920 W. Millman just after 6:30 p.m. Monday, finding a storage shed engulfed in flames. The fire spread to siding on the back of a nearby apartment building. The fire...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
PPS Board Member Resigns
A Peoria Public School Board member has resigned. During Monday's meeting, school board member Bob Davison-Aviles announced his resignation. According to the Peoria Federation of Teachers Local 780, D...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
Christensen's Sister Last To Testify For Defense
(AP) - The sister of a former University of Illinois student convicted of killing a Chinese scholar told a jury deciding whether he should be executed that he was a "very gentle person" who never rais...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2019
Excessive Heat Watch Issued For Central Illinois
(NWS) - The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued an Excessive Heat Watch, which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Saturday evening. * TEMPERATURE...Highs in the mid to upper 90s ...
Mike Sabol Jul 15, 2019 HeatWatch-Photo- MWC360
Bradley Student Killed Outside Chicago
(AP) - Suburban Chicago sheriff's police say a woman fatally shot her two sons and set her house on fire before turning the gun on herself. The DuPage County sheriff's office says 43-year-old Jamie Jo...
Kristina Leahy Jul 15, 2019
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