Category Archives: Local News

Theater Company who owns Willow Knolls 14 files for bankruptcy
Kentwood, MI--After ninety years of showing blockbuster movies, the company who owns Willow Knolls 14 is calling it quits. Metro Grand Rapids-based Goodrich Quality Theaters has filed for Chapter 11 b...
Mike Sabol Feb 28, 2020

Local principal gets state award
DUNLAP, Ill. -- The principal of Dunlap Grade School has received statewide recognition. Mandy Ellis was, on Friday, named Illinois Grade School Principal of the Year. Ellis, who represented the Centr...
Rick Hirschmann Feb 28, 2020 Dunlap Grade School/Facebook

33-year-old woman's bond set at $3 million
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- Lesli Jett, 33, is facing three counts of first degree murder for the death of 4-year-old Tate Thurman. Jett appeared in Tazewell County Court Friday via laptop, and the judge...
Kristina Leahy Feb 28, 2020

Teenagers arrested for robbery
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two teenagers were taken into custody after a robbery to a citizen. Peoria Police responded Monday night around 5:23 to Huck's Food and Fuel on Allen Road. Peoria Public Information Of...
Kristina Leahy Feb 28, 2020 Peoria Police Department

Pritzker says Illinois is prepared for coronavirus
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said that the risk to Illinoisans for coronavirus is low. "We want you to know that our state and local agencies and officials are using every tool at ...
Kristina Leahy Feb 28, 2020 Midwest Communications

Coronavirus fear touches off a global run on face masks
(AP) -- Fear of the spreading coronavirus is causing a global run on sales of face masks despite medical experts' advice that most people who aren't sick don't need to wear them. In South Korea this w...
Julia Bradley Feb 28, 2020 Tourists, some wearing a mask, queue to enter the Louvre museum Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 in Paris. . The world is scrambling to get on top of the new coronavirus outbreak that has spread from its epicenter in China to most corners of the planet. Governments and doctors are presenting an array of approaches as the virus disrupts daily routines, business plans and international travel around the world (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

Man fatally shot in Delavan ID'ed
***UPDATE*** DELAVAN, Ill. -- Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified 41-year-old Daniel Williamson of San Jose as the deceased. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday afternoon. __________...
Julia Bradley Feb 28, 2020 (25 News)

Fatal crash in Peoria County under investigation
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 89-year-old Harold Huffman, of Chilicothe. ____________________________________________________________________ PEORIA COUNTY -- One person is dead after a 2-...
Mike Sabol Feb 27, 2020 Midwest Communications

First Peoria murder of 2020 investigated, suspect in custody
UPDATE: Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said that Peoria's recent homicide victim, 24-year-old Shawaan Warr, suffered a single gunshot wound, and likely died seconds after being shot. _____...
Rick Hirschmann Feb 27, 2020 Peoria Police Department

I-74 crash victim ID'ed
MORTON, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Coroner's Office has released the name of a man who died in Wednesday's semi vs. van crash on Interstate 74. 34-year-old Nicacio Gomez-Mecinas of Bloomington died o...
Rick Hirschmann Feb 27, 2020 Midwest Communications


