Category Archives: Local News
University Of Illinois Sees Record Enrollment
(AP) - The University of Illinois system is reporting enrollment at its three campuses has reached a record high of 88,861 students. Officials said Thursday that enrollment in the system's flag ship I...
Sep 13, 2019 In this Nov. 20, 2015 photo, University of Illinois students walk across the Main Quad on campus in Urbana, Ill. The university admitted instate students with slightly lower ACT scores this fall to boost its enrollment of students from Illinois. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
East Bluff Shooting Becomes Peoria's 19th Homicide
(UPDATE) - One person is dead after a shooting in the 800 block of E. Nebraska, near the intersection of Wisconsin, around 6:50 p.m. Thursday. Police say an adult male was found with a gunshot wound t...
Sep 13, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Police Identify Suspect From Peoria Hostage Situation
Peoria Police arrested a man Wednesday afternoon after a woman was reportedly being held against her will in a house on W. Kettelle. Thursday, police identified 39-year-old Talya Zolicoffer as the sus...
Sep 13, 2019 Peoria County Jail
Lawyers: Hastert trying to take back sexual-abuse admissions
CHICAGO (AP) - A filing in a civil case accuses former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of seeking to retract key admissions he made years ago in his federal criminal case that he'd sexually abused a form...
Sep 12, 2019 AP Photo/Dennis Cook
Paving Operation On Dirksen Parkway Begins Friday
A large paving operation will begin Friday, Sept. 13 on Dirksen Parkway from Airport Road to Johanson Road starting at 7 a.m. For the first two hours of the project, the traffic signals at the Airport...
Sep 12, 2019 Midwest Communications
Probe: Chicago schools handling of sex abuse claims 'tragic'
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal investigation has found Chicago Public Schools' handling of sexual abuse complaints is "tragic and inexcusable" and is requiring a major overhaul. The Department of Education'...
Sep 12, 2019
Peoria Crews Battle Apartment Fire
Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics were called to the Timberbrook Apartments, at 4009 N. Brookdale Building #6, around 9 p.m. Wednesday, finding heavy smoke coming from a first floor laundry room. Initial ...
Sep 12, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Portion Of An East Peoria Trail Closing For Bridge Work
Construction will close down a portion of an East Peoria walking trail at the end of the month. Mike Johnson, with Fon du Lac Park District, says bridge pier work will temporarily close a section of t...
Sep 12, 2019 City of East Peoria
Trash Can Set On Fire Inside Hines School Wednesday
Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics responded to Hines School at 4603 N. Knoxville on Wednesday around 3:30 P.M. to a report of a trash can on fire inside the school. Upon arrival, Firefighters found t...
Sep 11, 2019
Oyler Update: Councilman Pleads Not Guilty
Peoria City Councilman Zach Oyler pleaded not guilty to domestic battery charges Wednesday morning in court. Oyler was arrested on July 30 on charges of aggravated domestic battery, interfering with a...
Sep 11, 2019 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
