Category Archives: Local News
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop a few cents following national trend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have fallen 2.5 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.23 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are j...
Mar 17, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Bradley to host North Alabama in NIT home game
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley Braves season will continue, with at least one more home game in front of the home crowd. Bradley was announced as the 3-seed in the Dayton Region of the National Invitation...
Mar 17, 2025 (Bradley University Athletics)
Peoria Public Works working to clear debris from Friday night's storms
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Works crews are working to clear downed trees and branches left blocking roads, sidewalks, and alleys, after strong to severe thunderstorms rolled through the area Friday ...
Mar 15, 2025 (City of Peoria)
Downed tree causes crash on I-74 following storms Friday night
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Illinois State Police say a two vehicle crash on Interstate 74 Friday night was caused by a tree in the road as strong thunderstorms moved through the area. ISP says the crash ha...
Mar 15, 2025 (Illinois State Police)
New road projects begin Monday in Peoria and Tazewell Counties
PEORIA, Ill. - Beginning Monday, lane restrictions will return to I-474 and Airport Road. I-474 will be reduced to one lane in each direction as work resumes on the Airport Road overpass. Lane closure...
Mar 15, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Canton, Hanna City sees damage from severe storms Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Storms moved through Central Illinois late Friday night knocking out power to hundreds of customers and causing property damage in some areas including Canton and Hanna City. In Canton...
Mar 15, 2025 Storm damage in Central Illinois Friday night included signs that blown to the ground outside Gil's Supper Club in Hanna City. (25 News)
Peoria Manual student arrested after allegedly bringing loaded weapon to school
PEORIA, Ill. - A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly bringing a gun on Friday to Peoria Manual High School. Peoria Police say officers were called to the school at around 10:45 A.M. The ...
Mar 14, 2025 (File-25 News)
Two injured in Friday morning crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - An accident that shut down a portion of Knoxville Avenue in Peoria Friday morning injured two people. Peoria Police say the two-vehicle crash happened just before 9:30 A.M. near the int...
Mar 14, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Christian wins, Manual defeated, in IHSA boys' basketball 3rd place games
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - High school basketball is officially over for the 2024-25 season in central Illinois. The Peoria Christian and Manual boys' teams, the last two remaining teams in the area, finished ...
Mar 14, 2025 (Peoria Manual High School)
UPDATE: Peoria County correctional officer fired after allegedly bringing contraband to detainee
UPDATED 6:38 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A correctional officer at the Peoria County Jail has been fired after allegedly bringing a detainee contraband. Sheriff Chris Watkins says 25-year-old Ezekiel H...
Mar 14, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
