Category Archives: Local News
Collins: Severe Storms Likely Monday Night
It looks like the Peoria area could see severe storms Monday night. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says a strong cold front will collide with warm, humid and unstable air, poss...
Aug 12, 2019 Peoria Firefighters Local 50 Facebook/File
Police Respond To Shooting In South Peoria
Peoria Police say several Shotspotter alerts came in from the 1600 block of S. Griswold around 2 a.m. Monday. The victim's condition was unknown. Police do not have any suspects at this time. There is...
Aug 12, 2019
Epstein's Guards Were Working Extreme OT Shifts
(AP) - Guards on Jeffrey Epstein's unit were working extreme overtime shifts to make up for staffing shortages the morning of his apparent suicide, a person familiar with the jail's operations told Th...
Aug 11, 2019 New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File
Police: Pennsylvania Day Care Center Fire Kills 5 Children
(AP) - A morning fire in Pennsylvania killed five children and sent another person to the hospital, authorities said. The fire was reported in Erie, a northwest lake town, at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, C...
Aug 11, 2019
Amtrykes Presented At Illinois State Fair
A local Springfield organization gives back to its community. A club known as The American Business Club of Springfield (AMBUCS) has been a partner of the Illinois State Fair for many years. During Ki...
Aug 10, 2019 mwc
Bustos Responds To Changes In EPA Bio-Fuel Production
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved 31 small refinery bio-fuel waivers, undermining the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). What does that mean for our agricultural economy? Congresswom...
Aug 10, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein Died By Suicide
(AP) - A former law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York. The medical examiner's office ...
Aug 10, 2019 New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File
Illinois GOP Urges Trump To Not Set Blagojevch Free
(AP) - The Illinois Republican Party's chairman is urging President Donald Trump not to follow through on the idea he broached this week of freeing imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Tim Schneide...
Aug 10, 2019 FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, speaks to reporters as his wife, Patti, listens at the federal building in Chicago. President Donald Trump says he is considering commuting the sentence of ex- Gov. Blagojevich and pardoning Martha Stewart. The comments came aboard Air Force One on Thursday, May 31, 2018, after he tweeted that he planned to pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza. Blagojevich, a Democrat, began serving his 14-year prison sentence on corruption convictions in 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Crews Battle Complex Fire Overnight
The Peoria Fire Department battled a complex house fire. Friday night Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a possible structure fire in the 2000 block of W. Lincoln Ave. When the first crews arr...
Aug 10, 2019
Two Teens Arrested In Connection To East Bluff Shooting
Police make new arrests in connection to a shooting on Peoria's East Bluff. On Monday, officers were called to the 400 block of E. Arcadia, and located a 17-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the a...
Aug 09, 2019 Midwest Communications
