Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Police hold swearing in ceremony for K9 for the first time
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Police Department made history with a four-legged friend on Friday. For the first time, the department held a swearing-in ceremony for its newest K9, Loki. Loki is a Belgian ...
May 16, 2025 (Peoria Police Department)
Peoria Civic Center hosts all three PPS high schools' graduations Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools' three high schools are holding graduation ceremonies at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday. PPS Superintendent Dr. Sharon Demoulin Kherat says there are several ...
May 16, 2025 Rawpixel / Depositphotos.com
Central Illinois cops climb to the rooftops for Special Olympcis Illinois
MORTON, Ill. - Police departments across Illinois are spending their Friday morning climbing up to roofs for a good cause. Friday is the 22nd annual Cop On A Rooftop fundraising event for Special Olym...
May 16, 2025 Morton Police officers stand on top of the Dunkin' on Morton Ave. during the 2025 Cop On A Rooftop fundraiser for Special Olympics Illinois. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin business defaced by man walking naked downtown
PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin man is facing several charges, including disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property, after he allegedly was walking through the downtown area naked. True Barbershop has b...
May 16, 2025 True Barber Shop in downtown Pekin was defaced in an unusual incident Wednesday night. (25 News)
Plan to limit scope of 'crime-free housing' ordinances clears Illinois Senate committee
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - A Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a measure aiming to limit the circumstances under which tenants can be evicted due to local "crime-free housing" ordinanc...
May 16, 2025 Emily Coffey, senior counsel of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, speaks beside Sen. Karina Villa, D-Chicago, during a Senate Executive Committee in the Statehouse on Wednesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
New behavioral hospital coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF Healthcare has broken ground on a new behavioral health hospital. The provider and US HealthVest put shovels in the ground Thursday for Meadowview Behavioral Hospital on Wood Sage R...
May 15, 2025 (OSF Healthcare)
Speaker removes Democratic Rep. Fred Crespo from committee chairmanship for 'not communicating'
SPRINGFIELD - House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch made the extraordinary move of removing an appropriations committee chair on Wednesday with two weeks left in the legislative session and a tightening...
May 15, 2025 State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, is pictured on the Illinois House floor in May 2024 after voting against the state budget for the current fiscal year. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch stripped him of his committee leadership role and banned him from attending Democratic caucus hearings this week. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
PPD: Teen arrested on multiple gun charges Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police conducted a traffic stop in the area of W. Marengo and N. Lavelle Court Wednesday morning, for a suspended registration. Officers approached the vehicle just before 10:30 ...
May 15, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria woman accused in death of toddler son ordered held until trial
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman will remain in jail for what prosecutors say was a "violent, brutal, and continuous attack" on her toddler twins, reportedly leading to the death of one of them. Circuit ...
May 15, 2025 Kaleeyah Sprinkle (right) sits next to her public defender at a detention hearing on May 15th, 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPD remembers officers lost in the line of duty
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual ceremony honoring Peoria's fallen officers who died in the line of duty was held outside City Hall Wednesday. Chief Eric Echevarria said he's grateful for his officers' safet...
May 15, 2025 Peoria Police remembered officers they've lost in the line of duty on Wednesday outside City Hall. (25 News)
