Category Archives: Local News
Investigation underway after damage at PDC leads to runoff water going into creeks
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - An investigation is under way after damage at the Peoria Disposal Company led to runoff water going into creeks. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says he was called to PDC Fri...
Apr 14, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Peoria firefighters respond to nursing home fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a nursing home on N. Rochelle Lane Monday morning on reports of fire in the building. Fire Battalion Chief Stephen Rada says when crews arrived around...
Apr 14, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Peoria prices continue to drop at the pump
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped just over two cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.36 on Monday. GasBuddy says Peoria's prices are 13 cents higher than a month ago, and 47.5 ...
Apr 14, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
PPD investigates stabbing over the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Police are investigating a stabbing Saturday afternoon in downtown Peoria. A PPD spokesperson said that a male victim suffered a "small" non-life-threatening stab wound to the back. Off...
Apr 14, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Army National Guard soldiers return home from the Middle East
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Nearly 275 soldiers from the Illinois National Guard have returned home from a deployment in the Middle East. Their return was the day after around the same number of soldiers retu...
Apr 13, 2025 25 News File Photo
UPDATE - Police: East Peoria crash caused by drunk driver
UPDATE: EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash in East Peoria. Police say it was caused by a drunk driver. The rollover accident happened at 10:30 Friday night...
Apr 13, 2025 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Two former Peoria prep stars commit to Bradley, Illinois women's basketball
PEORIA, Ill. - Two former Peoria prep standouts have committed to continue their collegiate careers with new teams. One of them is coming home while the other is moving closer to home. Former Peoria N...
Apr 13, 2025 Eastern Kentucky University Athletics
Deer Creek woman visits Washington D.C. to rally for Medicaid
DEER CREEK, Ill. - As disability groups warn of potential cuts to Medicaid, a Deer Creek woman traveled to the nation's capital in response. She's advocating for people with disabilities who rely on t...
Apr 12, 2025 The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, DC, U.S., September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Sen. Jones sent spending money to former intern before getting him job feds say was a bribe
CHICAGO. Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Christopher Katz didn't question why he began receiving $300 weekly payments from an executive at Chicago-based red-light camera company SafeSpeed in the summer...
Apr 12, 2025 The federal corruption trial of State Sen. Emil Jones III at Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse, pictured in November, saw testimony from the senator’s former intern and an FBI agent before the jury was dismissed for the weekend Friday afternoon. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Bills addressing cannabis odor in vehicle, safe gun storage pass Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Law enforcement officers would no longer be allowed to search a vehicle or detain a driver who is over age 21 based solely on the smell of burnt cannabis in...
Apr 12, 2025 The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
