Category Archives: Local News
Car crashes into East Peoria OSF Urgo location
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A vehicle crashed Sunday morning into the East Peoria OSF Urgo location, at 133 Spinder Drive in the Levee District. East Peoria Police said a 22-year-old woman, who was feeling i...
Dec 09, 2019
Federal officials reviewing Wrigley Field wheelchair access
CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal officials are investigating whether the Chicago Cubs' ongoing $1 billion renovation of Wrigley Field provides adequate wheelchair access. The Cubs have filed notice of the revi...
Dec 08, 2019 AP Photo/LM Otero
Update: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A U.S. official says the Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a Florida naval base had hosted a dinner party earlier in the week to watch videos of mass shootings. Th...
Dec 07, 2019 AP Photo/Brendan Farrington
Ceremony commemorates 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - Survivors and members of the public are expected to gather in Pearl Harbor to remember those killed when Japanese planes bombed the Hawaii naval base 78 years ago and launc...
Dec 07, 2019 The USS Arizona Memorial can be seen from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Honolulu. A U.S. sailor shot and wounded several civilian Department of Defense employees at the Pearl Harbor shipyard Wednesday before taking their own life, the military said. The shipyard is across the harbor from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Naval base shooter investigated for possible terrorism links
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - US officials investigating the deadly attack by a Saudi aviation student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida are trying to determine whether it was motivated by terror...
Dec 07, 2019 AP Photo/Melissa Nelson
House fire displaces Peoria family
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 9:30 p.m. Friday to a home in the 3000 block of W. Ann on reports of a fire. Crews found heavy smoke pouring out the front of the home. Peor...
Dec 07, 2019 Midwest Communications
Final suspect sentenced for Peoria teen's 2015 death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Samuel Clay Junior, 23, was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison, after pleading guilty to aggravated battery in connection with the 2015 shooting death of 14-year-old Tommie Fore...
Dec 07, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Peoria Public Library offers new streaming services
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Public Library will launch free digital streaming services on Monday, December 9, as a gift to the community. Library Public Relations Manager Jennifer Davis said the stream...
Dec 07, 2019 MWC-Logo Credit - Peoria Public Library
EPPD: lock your car
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A rash of Thursday night vehicular burglaries opened up an East Peoria Police investigation. Items were taken from multiple vehicles in the Illinois Central College neighborhood. ...
Dec 06, 2019
UPDATE: Shooter, three victims dead in military base shooting in Florida
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The US Navy has confirmed that a shooter and three others are dead after an attack at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said 11 people wer...
Dec 06, 2019 AP Photo/Melissa Nelson
