Category Archives: Local News
Teenage girl arrested after allegedly shooting another teenage girl in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 13-year-old girl has been arrested after allegedly shooting another teenage girl last week in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the 13-year-old was arrested on Tuesday for Aggravated D...
Sep 23, 2026
Woman receives more than half-century in prison for fatal Peoria Riverfront shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman will spend more than five decades in prison for a fatal shooting on Peoria's Riverfront last year. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 20-year-old Deziaah Hunter wa...
Sep 23, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Illinois State Police urge parents to check car seats during Child Passenger Safety Week
SPRINGFIELD - State troopers across Illinois are urging parents and caregivers to double-check their car seats, booster seats, and seat belts during Child Passenger Safety Week, September 21-27. Choos...
Sep 23, 2026 VitalikRadko / Depositphotos.com
Central Illinois parishes, schools share in the excitement for Sheen's beatification
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Hundreds of Central Illinois parishioners are preparing for their pilgrimage to St. Louis for the Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic ...
Sep 23, 2026 Archbishop Fulton Sheen (right) is hugging Pope John Paul II in this 1979 photo. (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation)
Peoria's Mayor Ali elected to serve in another statewide role
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Mayor Rita Ali is adding another title. The Illinois Municipal League has elected Ali to serve a one-year term as First Vice President of the statewide association. She has serve...
Sep 23, 2026 Peoria Mayor Rita Ali gives the State of the City address on June 27th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
The Monarch butterfly migration is making its way now through Central Illinois
EDELSTEIN, Ill. - As fall begins, Monarch butterflies are making their way through Central Illinois on an epic journey to Mexico. The Peoria Park District's Kristi Shoemaker says adult Monarchs and th...
Sep 23, 2026 A Monarch caterpillar eats off a leaf in a Central Illinois garden. (Photo courtesy of Kristi Shoemaker with Peoria Park District)
Peoria to allow city employees a day off to be election judges
PEORIA, Ill. - Employees of the city of Peoria can now take a day off work to be an election judge. The city council on Tuesday night approved a policy change that would give those employees more flex...
Sep 22, 2026 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois attorney general claims victory in lawsuit against Trump administration
Article Summary Illinois was part of a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policy to cut off access by noncitizens to public aid programs, including emergency shelter, food, and ...
Sep 22, 2026 The Illinois Attorney General’s office in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Peoria Police Chief urges people to come forward regarding whereabouts of Alexis Scott
PEORIA, Ill. - The search for Alexis Scott continues, and Peoria's Police Chief wants someone to come forward with any information regarding her disappearance. Wednesday marks nine years to the day th...
Sep 22, 2026 Peoria Police Chief Brad Dixon (left) is joined by April Allen-Scott (right) and Dusti Moultrie (center) to discuss the latest in the disappearance of Alexis Scott at a press conference on Sept. 22, 2026. Scott was last seen on Sept. 23rd, 2017. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Grand jury indicts woman who reportedly attempted to kidnap a child in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A homeless woman has been indicted for allegedly trying to kidnap a five-year-old child earlier this month in downtown Peoria. 29-year-old Erica Mueller was indicted on charges of Attem...
Sep 22, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
