Category Archives: Local News
Neighborhood House seeking help in finding stolen van
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria non-profit is asking for help in finding a stolen van. In a social media post, Neighborhood House says an unknown person broke into its van yard and stole one of their Youth Pr...
Apr 04, 2025 (Neighborhood House)
UPDATE: Weather delays Opening Day for Peoria Chiefs, doubleheader scheduled for Saturday
UPDATED 4:41 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Baseball in Peoria will have to wait an extra day. The Chiefs announced that Friday's Opening Day game against the Quad Cities River Bandits has been postponed due to ...
Apr 04, 2025 (Peoria Chiefs)
Teenager found guilty in death of mother in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge has found an 18-year-old guilty in the strangulation death of his mother in the East Bluff two years ago. Chief Judge Katherine Gorman on Friday found Avion Tapia ...
Apr 04, 2025 Brian Turner / CC
Cat rescued from burning garage in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a garage fire on Kentucky Court Thursday afternoon. Assistant Fire Chief Ronnie Marmitt says they arrived at the scene around 2:30 ...
Apr 04, 2025 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Despite two decades of education and enforcement, drivers still failing Scott's Law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For a moment, Illinois State Trooper Alex Womack was flying, tumbling in mid-air, alternately seeing sky then ground. He doesn't remember hitting the road. ...
Apr 04, 2025 Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly hands a flag to Meghan Carns, the widow of Trooper Clay Carns, who died on Dec. 23, 2024. John Fleet, 69, of Wilmington, was charged with violating Scott's Law, which is a Class 4 Felony. (Photo provided)
East Peoria bans panhandling, standing in certain intersections
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The East Peoria City Council unanimously approved banning pedestrians from standing or gathering at ten intersections throughout the city this week. Several council members cited s...
Apr 04, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
Senate Democrats champion program to streamline Illinois college applications
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Senate Democrats voiced their support Thursday for a bill that would create a program to streamline high school students' college application processes, reducing fees and making...
Apr 03, 2025 Sen. Christopher Belt discusses a bill that would streamline the college application processes for Illinois colleges and universities at a news conference Thursday in the Capitol. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Turnout low, but election leaders find positives after consolidated elections
PEORIA/TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - While central Illinois election officials wish turnout numbers were higher for the consolidated elections, they are taking away some positives. After Tuesday's vote, Peo...
Apr 03, 2025 A sign indicates one of the polling locations in Morton, at Community United Church of Christ, on Election Day 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teenager arrested after allegedly possession stolen vehicle
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested Wednesday after allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle. Peoria Police says officers responded to the area of University and Columbia Terrace just befo...
Apr 03, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
CJ Harvest expected to open this summer on Peoria's south side
PEORIA, Ill. - New signs on a long-awaited grocery store on Peoria's south side have sparked excitement in the community. Chuck Brown purchased the old Save-A-Lot building on Western Avenue in 2021. H...
Apr 03, 2025 CJ Harvest Supermarket is set to open this summer on Peoria's south side.
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