Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker favors legislation allowing college athletes' pay
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is endorsing legislation that would allow college athletes in the state to make money from endorsements. During a Sunday interview on WGN-Radio, Pritzker sai...
Oct 28, 2019
Chicago strike negotiations ongoing, classes canceled
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 300,000 Chicago students will miss another day of classes as teachers in the nation's third-largest school district remain on strike. As contract talks between Chicago Public ...
Oct 28, 2019 Striking Chicago teachers march Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Chicago. The protest was timed to coincide with Mayor Lori Lightfoot's first budget address. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
Trump confirms death of ISIS leader
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after a U.S. military operation in Syria targeted the Islamic State group leader. Trump says in a statement to the nation fro...
Oct 27, 2019 Militant video via AP
Chemical leak near Farmington prompts area residences to evacuate
FARMINGTON, Ill. -- A tank containing anhydrous ammonia caused the response of multiple fire agencies, including the City of Peoria HAZMAT crews to help contain the chemical leak by 4:30 p.m. Saturday...
Oct 26, 2019 MWC-Photo Used by permission by Fulton Co ESDA
Special needs families hope Chicago strike will bring change
CHICAGO, Ill. - A seven-day strike by Chicago teachers has hit students with disabilities and their families hard, but many say they support educators' demands. The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago ...
Oct 26, 2019 (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Arson suspected in early morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A fire in Peoria overnight appears to have been intentionally set. Crews responded around 4:15 a.m. Saturday to a home in the 1600 block of S. Charles. The home was fully engulfed in f...
Oct 26, 2019 Midwest Communications
'Tireless Project' returns for final collection of the year
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tireless Project returns for its final collection of 2019. The monthly collection of unwanted tires takes place at JIMAX, located at 2000 W. Clark Street in Peoria. Hours of collec...
Oct 26, 2019
Road construction begins in preparation for new McClugage Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced new road construction along War Memorial and near the Illinois river. The road construction project is set to begin on Monday October...
Oct 26, 2019 MWC- PHOTO CREDIT - THE MCCLUGAGE BRIDGE PROJECT
Bergner's building to be demolished
PEORIA, Ill. -- The empty Bergner's building at Sheridan Village, at Lake and Sheridan in Peoria, could be a pile of dust in the near future. Ross Black, Community Development Director with the City o...
Oct 26, 2019 (25 News)
Fight on W. Main leads to stabbing in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a business in the 600 block of W. Main Street for an altercation. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the busin...
Oct 25, 2019 25 News
