Category Archives: Local News
Residents displaced by Peoria fire Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a residential fire around noon-time Friday on N. Renwood Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from the...
Mar 22, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
New roadwork set to begin Monday in Peoria and Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Beginning Monday, in Peoria County just west of Bartonville, the Pfeiffer Road Bridge will close for a rehabilitation project. The work which continues through July includes repl...
Mar 22, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Pedestrian victim in fatal Wednesday night crash in Peoria identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal pedestrian-versus-vehicle crash Wednesday evening in Peoria has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 66-year-old Deana Viano was pronounced de...
Mar 21, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pritzker discusses proposed Medicaid cuts, slams Trump and Musk, in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Governor J.B. Pritzker's crusade against President Donald Trump and his policies brought him to Peoria on Friday afternoon. Pritzker spoke at a roundtable at EPIC as part of his "Standi...
Mar 21, 2025 (State of Illinois)
Teenager sentenced for role in 2023 Peoria East Bluff murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager learned his fate after being found guilty of an execution style murder in Peoria's East Bluff in 2023. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 16-year-old Byron Jarv...
Mar 21, 2025 courtroom gavel
Emo's Ice Cream opens for the season as spring arrives
PEORIA, Ill. - A sign of spring in Peoria greeted hungry customers this (Friday) morning. Emo's Ice Cream opened for the season, with people lining up before dawn to get half-price ice cream and coney...
Mar 21, 2025 (25 News)
Peoria City Soccer's first action of 2025 to take place Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - The fourth season of Peoria City Soccer is on the horizon. The season starts on Saturday with the Copa Peoria Series exhibition against the under-23 squad of Mexico Liga BBVA MX superpo...
Mar 21, 2025 Peoria City players celebrate after a goal against Tucson FC in the USL 2 national semifinal game at Shea Stadium on July 28th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker's community college initiative stalls in House committee
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois)- One of Gov. JB Pritzker's top legislative initiatives stalled in the General Assembly this week when the chair of the House Higher Education Committee refused to c...
Mar 21, 2025 Legislation that would allow community colleges to offer four-year bachelor’s degree programs has hit a roadblock in the General Assembly. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Teenager to remain in jail until trial for Christmas Day 2023 shooting incident
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager charged with attempted murder for a Christmas Day 2023 incident will stay in jail until his trial. 25 News reports 18-year-old Chirstopher Humes was denied a pretrial release...
Mar 20, 2025 Christopher Humes mugshot from Tazewell County Jail (Courtesy of 25 News).
Washington breaks ground on new police evidence building
WASHINGTON, Ill. - City leaders in Washington did not let severe weather stop them from marking the first steps in the construction of a new police evidence building. A groundbreaking ceremony for the...
Mar 20, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
