Category Archives: Local News
As temps cool down, scams heat up
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. -- The third week of every November is National Utility Scam Awareness Week. As such, Ameren Illinois has been warning residents and businesses to be aware of the pretenders. The ut...
Nov 18, 2019 Photo: Ameren
4 people die in IL crash after high school football game
COFFEEN, Ill. (AP) - Police say four people, including two teenagers, have died in a head-on crash after an Illinois high school football game. Police say a 17-year-old driver crossed the center line ...
Nov 18, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Comedian George Lopez coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Comedian George Lopez will bring his stand up comedy to the Peoria Civic Center on February 28. The Peoria date will be a stop on Lopez' "The Wall World Tour." Tickets go on sale at 10...
Nov 18, 2019 Peoria Civic Center
Pelosi invites Trump to testify as new witnesses prepare
WASHINGTON (AP) - Impeachment hearings are entering a crucial second week as Democrats are set to hear from eight witnesses about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine. Three State Department...
Nov 18, 2019 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters on the morning after the first public hearing in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump on his effort to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Pelosi says the president's actions in the impeachment inquiry amount to "bribery." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Police: 10 shot at California party and 4 die
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Police in central California say 10 people were shot at a backyard party, and four them died. Fresno police say the shooting took place about 6 p.m. Sunday on the city's southeas...
Nov 18, 2019
Judge watches confession on first day of murder trial
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A Peoria County judge watched Jose Ramirez say that he stabbed his parents in a videotaped confession played on the first day of the Princeville man's murder trial. The (Peoria) Jo...
Nov 18, 2019
Peoria Rivermen continue strong start to season
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- After suffering a shootout loss on Friday night, the Peoria Rivermen bounced back on Saturday night with a 3-2 win against the Evansville Thunderbolts. The Rivermen scored all thre...
Nov 17, 2019 Photo Credit: Peoria Rivermen
Cigarette starts mattress fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Fire and Rescue responded to an apartment fire Saturday morning at 4:30 at 2707 W. Trewyn. Upon arrival firefighters and paramedics found that the fire was isolated to a mattres...
Nov 16, 2019 Midwest Communications
Sunday marks the six year anniversary of the Washington tornado
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Six years have passed since a series of tornadoes tore through central Illinois. Washington was the hardest hit. The twister ripped through the town on Sunday morning Nov. 17, 2013...
Nov 16, 2019 (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Illinois unemployment rate remains at historical low
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced that nonfarm jobs increased to a record high of 1,900. The unemployment rate was unchanged at an historically low at...
Nov 15, 2019 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
