Category Archives: Local News
Investigators want help solving 2016 cold case
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says a homicide from more than six years ago remains unsolved, and detectives need help solving it. Watkins says a skull washed up on the shore of th...
Will Stevenson Mar 07, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Teen arrested after Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say a teenager is in custody after 71 rounds were fired in a neighborhood Monday afternoon. Public Information Officer Semone Roth says just after 1:30 p.m., officers res...
Julia Bradley Mar 07, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Fire near downtown Peoria investigated as 'suspected arson'
UPDATED 12:05 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 9:45 p.m. Monday to a fire near the corner of NE Monroe and Morgan Streets. Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming from a t...
Julia Bradley Mar 07, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Father of convicted "Waffle House Shooter" sentenced to some prison time
PEKIN, Ill. - The father of the so-called "Waffle House Shooter" will get some time in prison for giving his son the gun that led to the massacre. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Jeffre...
Will Stevenson Mar 06, 2023 (File-25 News)
Severe Weather Preparedness Week underway this week
PEORIA, Ill. - Spring is around the corner, and with that is the possibility of severe weather striking central Illinois. This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week. The spring season typically see...
TJ Carson Mar 06, 2023 Alabama Extension
Peoria Police investigate two shootings, one person hurt
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they are looking for suspects in two shootings reported Sunday evening within minutes of each other. One was reported around 9:10 p.m. near Indiana Avenue and Seneca P...
Will Stevenson Mar 06, 2023 Midwest Communications
Restaurant closes Campustown location
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of a restaurant in Peoria's Campustown area says the location there is closing, with expansion elsewhere occurring. Dac's Smokehouse says as of Monday, the location on West Ma...
Will Stevenson Mar 06, 2023 (25 News)
Man, covered in blood, accused of breaking into Canton homes
CANTON, Ill. - Police in Fulton County say a man faces charges for allegedly breaking into two homes, and causing damage at the motel he was staying at. Canton Police say it started around 1:30 Monday...
Will Stevenson Mar 06, 2023 (File-25 News)
Gas prices down over last week, but going up again
PEORIA, Ill. - Two agencies say gas prices in the Peoria are down compared to a week ago -- but, there might be a problem. GasBuddy.com says its weekly average of local gas station prices has a gallon...
Will Stevenson Mar 06, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
U of I expert: End the five-day work week
URBANA, Ill. - One expert in Illinois suggests it may be high time to overhaul the idea of a five-day work week. University of Illinois Labor Professor Robert Bruno says private studies have shown tha...
Will Stevenson Mar 06, 2023 Manuel Cernuda / CC
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