Category Archives: Local News
Rivermen head coach signs extension to continue leading hockey club
PEORIA, Ill. - The head man for the Peoria Rivermen will stay in the role for a couple more years. The team announced Monday that Head Coach Jean-Guy Trudel has signed a two-year contract extension, w...
Jul 14, 2025 (Peoria Rivermen)
Peoria City Soccer returns to USL League 2 playoffs
DES MOINES, Ia. - Peoria City Soccer will hit the road as they look to return to the United Soccer League Two national championship. The Carp will take on Minneapolis City SC in the first round of the...
Jul 14, 2025 Peoria City players lift the 2024 USL League Two Central Conference championship trophy after defeating Flint City, 1-0, on July 26th at Shea Stadium. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bartonville man dies in crash near Lake of the Ozarks
CAMDEN COUNTY, MISSOURI - A 54-year-old Bartonville man was killed over the weekend in a single-vehicle crash in Camden County, Missouri. His name has not been released. Missouri State Highway Patrol ...
Jul 14, 2025
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices almost unchanged, as national prices are mixed
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria are almost unchanged in the last week, up 0.6 cents a gallon, averaging $3.34 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices a...
Jul 14, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Next round of McClugage Bridge demolition scheduled Monday
PEORIA, Ill - The Illinois Department of Transportation has scheduled another demolition event at the former eastbound span of the McClugage Bridge. The demolition event will take place, weather permi...
Jul 13, 2025 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Traffic shift on Moss Avenue highlights area road work
PEORIA, Ill. - A traffic pattern change in Peoria will highlight a couple of road construction projects in the area this week. Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, westbound traffic on Moss Avenue between Inst...
Jul 13, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Peoria residents stage Stop the Violence March
PEORIA, Ill. - More than two dozen people marched from Peoria City Hall through South Peoria Saturday, encouraging the community to help reduce violence in the city. The Stop the Violence March comes ...
Jul 13, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Storms leave hundreds without power
MORTON, Ill. - Scattered power outages are reported in the Tri-County area after last night's storms. At its peak, Ameren Illinois reported 858 customers without power, mainly in the Morton area. The ...
Jul 12, 2025 Ameren Illinois
Downsized Heart of Illinois Fair begins Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Heart of Illinois Fair has substantially downsized this summer, and event organizers are hesitant to call it a "fair." This year, the event will feature only motor sports, like a tr...
Jul 12, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Trump's "big bill" takes center stage in Illinois' U.S. Senate race
PEORIA, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -With major future cuts to social service programs now written into law, Democrats seeking Illinois' open U.S. Senate seat in 2026 are hitting the campaign trail s...
Jul 11, 2025 U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, left, meets with independent pharmacy owners, including Dave Bagot of Petersburg Pharmacy (right), in Petersburg on Friday, July 11, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
