Category Archives: Local News

Peoria firefighters were called to 920 W. Millman just after 6:30 p.m. Monday, finding a storage shed engulfed in flames. The fire spread to siding on the back of a nearby apartment building. The fire...

A Peoria Public School Board member has resigned. During Monday's meeting, school board member Bob Davison-Aviles announced his resignation. According to the Peoria Federation of Teachers Local 780, D...

(AP) - The sister of a former University of Illinois student convicted of killing a Chinese scholar told a jury deciding whether he should be executed that he was a "very gentle person" who never rais...

(NWS) - The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued an Excessive Heat Watch, which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Saturday evening. * TEMPERATURE...Highs in the mid to upper 90s ...

(AP) - Suburban Chicago sheriff's police say a woman fatally shot her two sons and set her house on fire before turning the gun on herself. The DuPage County sheriff's office says 43-year-old Jamie Jo...

"The Talk with Greg and Dan will be broadcast commercial free at 6:06 p.m. Tuesday on 1470 and 100.3 WMBD. The program will center on recent gun violence in the City of Peoria and steps that can be ta...

(Reuters) - Former U.S. world champion Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker has died after being hit by a vehicle in Virginia Beach, Virginia, according to police. He was 55. Whitaker was a world champion in ...

(Reuters) - Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States from Mexico must now also first seek protection from a so-called third party country, the Trump administration said on Monday. The Department...

A summertime pop-up thunderstorm rolled through Tazewell and Southern Peoria counties. The storm prompted a severe thunderstorm warning in Tazewell County from around 7:30-8:15 p.m. Sunday. A tree fel...

Summer is prime time for grill fires with July being the peak month for grill-related fires, according to the Illinois State Marshal's Office. More than 10,000 home fires are started by a grill each y...