Category Archives: Local News
Bradley students returning to Peoria this weekend for brand new school year
PEORIA, Ill. - Thousands of new and returning Bradley University students will be coming back to Peoria this weekend before a brand new school year. Move-in weekend runs through Saturday on campus, wi...
Aug 22, 2025 (Bradley University)
Man rescued after vehicle goes into Illinois River in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - Multiple emergency crews rescued a man who reportedly took his pickup truck off the road in Pekin and into the Illinois River Friday afternoon. 25 News reports the incident occurred just...
Aug 22, 2025 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
Irish Fest takes over the Peoria Riverfront this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Irish Festival is one of the city's biggest events of the year...and it's back this weekend. Organizer Daniel Haney's been part of the festival for 28 years running, and says t...
Aug 22, 2025 Peoria's Irish Festival on the riverfront. (Photo courtesy of peoriairishfest.com)
Illinois native stars in "Wicked" playing now in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - One of Broadway's most beloved musicals is "Playing in Peoria". "Wicked" performances are underway at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater at the Peoria Civic Center. Sharon Sachs, who pla...
Aug 22, 2025 Sharon Sachs is performing in "Wicked" at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater in Peoria as Madame Morrible through Aug. 31. (Sharon Sachs' Facebook)
Pritzker signs law expanding lawsuit protections for Illinois news media
Article Summary The Citizen Participation Act now explicitly protects news reporting from "strategic lawsuits against public participation." The Illinois Supreme Court had previously ruled that news r...
Aug 22, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from the news media at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL law changes the definition of what is a bicycle
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A new state law is expanding the definition of what a bicycle is. SB2285 was signed into law on August 1st, and defines electric bikes with top speeds lower than 30 miles per ...
Aug 22, 2025 goldenshrimp / Depositphotos.com
Historic American documents coming to the Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - The documents that helped shape American history will be coming to the Peoria Riverfront Museum. "The Promise of Liberty" will bring copies of documents such as the Emancipation Proclam...
Aug 21, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Pekin man sentenced to federal prison for attempting to entice a minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man has been sentenced to federal prison after being found guilty earlier this year of attempting to entice a minor. 32-year-old Joseph Perkins was sentenced to ten years on Thu...
Aug 21, 2025 courtroom gavel
Peoria woman sentenced to prison after confessing to murder of boyfriend in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman will spend more than three decades in prison in the shooting death of her boyfriend two years ago in the West Bluff. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 20-y...
Aug 21, 2025 TNashia Wash (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria man sentenced to federal prison after violating terms of supervised release in child pornography case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend two decades in federal prison after violating conditions of his supervised release on child pornography charges. 53-year-old Michael Dupoy was sentenced Wednesda...
Aug 21, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
