Category Archives: Local News
Washington woman ordered to remain in jail in alleged child sexual assault case
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County prosecutors claim the parents of a baby born earlier this year are a Washington woman and the minor she allegedly had sex with. 25 News reports DNA testing presented in a...
Nov 04, 2025 Tazewell County Courthouse (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape
Article Summary More than 630 candidates submitted petitions to run for state, federal and judicial office - including dozens seeking to take advantage of a generational turnover in the state's congre...
Nov 04, 2025 Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs speaks at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield in August. No Republican filed to run against him in 2026 by the initial Nov. 4 filing deadline. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Hopewell man dies after one-vehicle crash in Marshall County
HOPEWELL, Ill. - A Hopewell man has died after a one-vehicle crash in Marshall County Tuesday afternoon. The Marshall County Sheriff's Office says 94-year-old Orville Schneider was pronounced dead at ...
Nov 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Central Illinois Congressmen receive primary challenges, state legislators do not
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Both of central Illinois' Congressmen will have primary challengers in March. The deadline to file nominating petitions to run in next year's March elections was Monday at 5:00 P.M...
Nov 04, 2025 A sign indicates one of the polling locations in Morton, at Community United Church of Christ, on Election Day 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
ISP vehicle damaged after sideswiped in Peoria County
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - An Illinois State Police squad car was struck in Peoria County on Monday night. ISP says the car was sideswiped by a black Ford Escape just before 7:30 P.M. on US Route 24 near Men...
Nov 04, 2025 (Illinois State Police)
Peoria Police chief denies reports of ICE operating in Peoria's Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's top cop says reports of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the River City are not true. Police Chief Eric Echevarria says the department received reports Tuesday of ICE ...
Nov 04, 2025 Courtesy of Peoria Police Department's Facebook Page
Peoria Riverfront Museum announces gift and new document for America 250 exhibit
PEORIA, Ill. - A gift to the Peoria Riverfront Museum is giving more people a chance to see America's history. The museum announced Tuesday morning a $1 million gift in association with its America 25...
Nov 04, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Motown legends The Temptations and The Four Tops coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Motown legends The Temptations and The Four Tops are coming to the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in the spring. The Peoria Civic Center has announced the show is scheduled for Friday, M...
Nov 04, 2025 The Temptations and The Four Tops will make a tour stop in Peoria on May 8, 2026. (Peoria Civic Center)
Greater Peoria Honor Flight makes a fifth and final trip of the year to D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - 70 local veterans and their guardians are headed to the nation's capital Tuesday morning with the Greater Peoria Honor Flight's fifth trip of the year. Organizer Luke Rosenbaum tells WM...
Nov 04, 2025 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Resident arrested after apartment fire in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A resident was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly starting a fire in their apartment, which also damaged three other units in downtown Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston s...
Nov 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
