Category Archives: Local News
Washington City Council signs civility pledge Monday night
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Just days after the murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, elected officials in Washington have signed a pledge to tone down rhetoric that could lead to violence. The city ...
Sep 16, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
Peoria Heights mayor further explains intention to veto grocery tax
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - The mayor of Peoria Heights says a planned veto of a recently passed grocery tax is to help give the village an advantage. Matt Wigginton is planning to veto the one percent tax...
Sep 15, 2025 (Village of Peoria Heights)
Peoria Fire assists with injured hiker in woods
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was carried for about a half-mile after suffering an injury on a Peoria-area hiking trail Saturday morning. Peoria Fire says crews were dispatched just after 9:30 A.M. to the Robi...
Sep 15, 2025 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
South Peoria house fire reportedly intentionally set
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at a South Peoria house Monday morning was reportedly intentionally set. Peoria Fire says crews arrived at around 11:00 A.M. to the one-story house at Ann and Laramie, eventually...
Sep 15, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Suspect in robbery of South Peoria liquor store not found
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for the suspect in an armed robbery at a South Peoria liquor store. Officers were dispatched to Griswold Liquors just after 10:30 P.M. on Friday. An employee t...
Sep 15, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Amid backlash, Pritzker calls for leaders - especially Trump - to tone down rhetoric
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker called on President Donald Trump and other political leaders to do more to call for peace amid growing political violence. Pritzker faced sharp criticism from Illinois...
Sep 15, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association annual breakfast meeting in Springfield on Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Benefit concert held Sunday for late member of Revel in Red
PEORIA, Ill. - The community and Revel in Red fans came out on Sunday to support the late musician Pete Ramsey. A benefit concert for Ramsey, who died after a car crash in the Missouri Ozarks in July,...
Sep 15, 2025 (Deviant Rebel Media/Revel in Red)
Chicago area residents mourn immigrant fatally shot by ICE agent during arrest attempt
FRANKLIN PARK, Illinois (Reuters) - Rudy Repa, a 27-year-old resident of Franklin Park, Illinois, placed a single marigold at a makeshift memorial near the spot where a U.S. Immigration and Customs En...
Sep 15, 2025 Mourners gather during a protest and candlelight vigil, a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot 38-year-old Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez during a traffic stop which officials said he resisted, days after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence and stepped-up immigration enforcement actions by the Department of Homeland Security, in Franklin, Illinois, U.S., September 13, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Peoria's Lakeview Library closed due to water main break
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Library's Lakeview Branch will be closed on Monday, September 15 due to a water main break. The Library's other four branches will be open: The Main Library at 107 NE Monr...
Sep 15, 2025 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library
GasBuddy: Peoria prices still dropping as we transition to winter gas supply
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped almost two cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.33 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria a...
Sep 15, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
