Category Archives: Local News
Winning Lucky Day Lotto Ticket Sold In East Peoria
Illinois Lottery officials say if you purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket at the Short Stop at 3322 Meadow Avenue in East Peoria Saturday, check your numbers. You may have won $150,000. A winning ticke...
Julia Bradley Jul 09, 2019
Prosecutor Urges Death Penalty For Christensen
(AP) - A prosecutor told a federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student last month in the kidnapping and killing a Chinese scholar deserves the death penalty because th...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2019
Peoria Jesus Christ Statue Vandalized
A statue of Jesus Christ, located at Serenity Memorial Park in Peoria's south side has been defaced. Jesus' hands have been broken off, and there is a hole left where the face had been. Pierre Serafin...
Kristina Leahy Jul 08, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Peoria Crews Battle Large Fire Overnight
Peoria Firefighters were called to 1923 W. Garden just before 1:30 a.m. Monday, on reports of a house fire reported by a passerby. Crews first on the scene found fire and heavy smoke coming from all f...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2019
Jefferson Street Entrance To Courthouse Closed
The Jefferson Street entrance to the Peoria County Courthouse will be closed starting Monday for drainage work and site improvements. County officials say the project is expected to take two months to...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2019
West Peoria Shooting Leaves Man Injured
The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that happened in West Peoria late Sunday morning. Sheriff Brian Asbell says deputies responded to reports of shots fired in the 100 block...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2019
Fatal I-74 Crash Victim Identified
The victim of a wrong-way crash on I-74 in Peoria has been identified. Judy McLeese, 64, of Peoria was driving the wrong way on eastbound I-74 near the Gale Ave. exit around 7:45 p.m. Saturday when he...
Jul 07, 2019 25 News
USA Wins Fourth Women's World Cup Title
(AP) - The United States won its record fourth Women's World Cup title and second in a row, beating the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday night when Megan Rapinoe converted a penalty kick in the second half and ...
Jul 07, 2019 AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
Actor Cameron Boyce Dies At Age 20
(AP) - Actor Cameron Boyce, best known for his role as the teenage son of Cruella de Vil in the Disney Channel franchise "Descendants," has died. He was 20 years old. Boyce, who played Carlos De Vil i...
Jul 07, 2019 Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File
UN Nuclear Agency To Verify Iran's Latest Moves
(AP) - The United Nations' nuclear watchdog says it is aware of Iran saying it will break the 2015 nuclear deal's limit on uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency said Sunday that i...
Kristina Leahy Jul 07, 2019 From left to right, spokesman for Iran's atomic agency Behrouz Kamalvandi, Iran's government spokesman Ali Rabiei and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, attend a press briefing in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 7, 2019. The deputy foreign minister says that his nation considers the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers to be a "valid document" and seeks its continuation. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)