Category Archives: Local News
Mannheim Steamroller bringing Christmas show to the Prairie Home Alliance Theater
PEORIA, Ill. - Chip Davis, founder and creator of Mannheim Steamroller, is celebrating 40 years of his Christmas concert tour with a stop in Peoria. Davis says the hallmark tour will begin on November...
Jul 21, 2025
'The public deserves to know.' State agency withholds details in girl's death
Article Summary An 18-year-old girl died in a foster home in Fairview Heights, Illinois, where she lived for four years. The state's Department of Children and Family Services is refusing to release a...
Jul 21, 2025 The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it can withhold details of the death of a child in its care until a criminal investigation and trial are completed, which can take years. (File photo/Capitol News Illinois)
Central Illinois band mourns passing of bassist after fatal crash in Missouri
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A Central Illinois band is mourning the death of its bassist after an out-of-state crash earlier this month. 25 News reports that 54-year-old Pete Ramsey of Bartonville is the vict...
Jul 21, 2025 (Deviant Rebel Media/Revel in Red)
Mission Peoria gets underway with Dream Center Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Over 150 teens, from youth groups from all over the country, are in Peoria this week. They're here for Mission Peoria with Dream Center Peoria. "They are living here at the Dream Center...
Jul 21, 2025 Mission Peoria is going on all week at Dream Center Peoria. (Dream Center Peoria website).
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices dip a bit, following a similar trend at the national level
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria dropped 2.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.32 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are 5.4 cents higher than a month ago and 34.8 cents...
Jul 21, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
No suspect information after Central Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating a late Saturday night shooting in Central Peoria. Spokesperson Simone Roth says officers were dispatched to the area near Sterling and Forrest Hill just ...
Jul 20, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Separate South Peoria shootings leave two wounded
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating two separate early Saturday morning shootings in South Peoria that each resulted in one person wounded. Police say the incidents were not related. Office...
Jul 20, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Powerball Jackpot rise to $308 million
Tallahassee, FL - There was no grand prize winner in Saturday's Powerball drawing. No one matched all five numbers and the Powerball number so the jackpot rises to $308 million for Monday night's draw...
Jul 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store, in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Back to school giveaway helps Peoria youth
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria organization devoted to helping inner-city youth hosted its annual back-to-school giveaway that included clear backpacks at the MECA Center in the West Bluff. Kids were also ab...
Jul 20, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Chillicothe hosts Sweet Corn Festival
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Nothing says Central Illinois more than sweet corn, and Chillicothe has turned it into a full-blown celebration. The city turned its downtown Thursday Corn Boil into the Chillicoth...
Jul 20, 2025 Photo: 25 News
