Category Archives: Local News
Rain record set in September
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria had its eighth-wettest September with nearly eight inches of rain at the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. According to 25-News Chief Meteorologist Ch...
Oct 02, 2019 mwc
Pritzker proclaims October as Cyber Security Awareness Month
PEORIA, Ill. - To recognize the importance of cyber security, Governor J.B. Pritzker has proclaimed October as Cyber Security Awareness Month. First recognized in 2004, this year's national awareness ...
Oct 02, 2019 Midwest Communications
Civic Center parent merges
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Civic Center has gone Global. SMG, the venue management company that, for many years, oversaw the venue, announced Tuesday it merged with Los Angeles-based AEG Facilities to...
Oct 02, 2019 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bernie Sanders has heart procedure, cancels campaign events
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bernie Sanders' campaign says the Democratic presidential candidate has had a heart procedure for a blocked artery. The Vermont senator is canceling events and appearances "until fur...
Oct 02, 2019 (AP Photo/ Cheryl Senter)
Pompeo confirms he was on Ukraine call
ROME (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has confirmed that he was on the telephone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian president that is the subject of an impeachment inquiry. "I wa...
Oct 02, 2019 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets the media in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Italy at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe as the push to impeach President Donald Trump gains steam at home. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Possible hazardous material found in Edwards
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to 7116 N. Kickapoo-Edwards Road for a possible hazardous material release Tuesday afternoon. Peoria crews responded to a mutual aid call from...
Oct 02, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Round Two For Adult Cannabis License Applications
CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced Tuesday applications for adult use cannabis licenses for new dispensing organizations are available. The applicatio...
Oct 01, 2019 MWC
Former POTUS candidate to speak in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Creve Coeur Club of Peoria has announced the speaker for its annual George Washington Day Banquet. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiori...
Oct 01, 2019 AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Shining light on the fight against breast cancer
PEORIA, Ill. - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and OSF Saint Francis Medical Center is bringing attention to the importance of mammograms. Cindy Martin, director of Women's Services, said th...
Oct 01, 2019 OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Pompeo says Democrats are trying to 'intimidate' State Department employees
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Democrats are trying to "intimidate" and "bully" State Department employees and that depos...
Oct 01, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks out to greet the media during his meeting with Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the US State Department in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
