Category Archives: Local News
GO Day returns Sunday on the Peoria Riverfront
PEORIA, Ill. - A celebration of art and community will take place along Peoria's Riverfront on Sunday. Choose Greater Peoria's GO Day returns to the Peoria Riverfront along Water St. on Sunday. The fr...
Sep 12, 2026 (Choose Greater Peoria)
Long-time Elmwood police chief fired
ELMWOOD, Ill. (25 News) - An abrupt end to a lengthy law enforcement career for one Peoria County police chief. The mayor of Elmwood tells 25News that Aaron Bean was fired from his position as Chief o...
Sep 12, 2026 City of Elmwood logo (Facebook page)
Public defense reform advances as Illinois moves to hire statewide public defender
Article Summary In the latest step of a yearslong process toward public defense reform in Illinois, the state supreme court this week opened applications for a statewide public defender. A 2025 law cr...
Sep 12, 2026 Charles Mulligan's "Justice and Power" statue is pictured outside the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Peoria honors the victims of the September 11th attacks and courage of first responders at Riverfront Museum ceremony
PEORIA, Ill. - A vow to never forget was part of Peoria's remembrance of the September 11th attacks, 25 years to the day after they occurred. The Riverfront Museum hosted the 9/11 remembrance ceremony...
Sep 11, 2026 Members of the Peoria Fire Department ring a bell in honor of the firefighters who died in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, during a ceremony at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on the 25th anniversary of the attacks. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria International Airport's Gene Olson looks back on what happened at the airports on 9/11
PEORIA, Ill. - 25 years ago, on September 11th, the skies emptied. Peoria International Airport's Gene Olson wasn't here yet, but witnessed the events of 9/11 at the airport in Evansville, Indiana. Ol...
Sep 11, 2026 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Former Secretary of Transportation LaHood recalls the aftermath of the 9/11 attack on D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was in his Washington, D.C. office 25 years ago, when the planes hit the Twin Towers in New York City. He tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show" ...
Sep 11, 2026 Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Illinois State Police confirm investigation into former Creve Coeur chief, deputy
CREVE COEUR, Ill. (25 News) - Illinois State Police have confirmed an ongoing investigation into the former chief and assistant of the Creve Coeur Police Department. "The Division of Criminal Investig...
Sep 11, 2026 (Creve Coeur Police Department via Facebook)
Peoria Chief Sollberger recalls wanting to help in the wake of the September 11th attacks
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger had been with the department just a few years when the September 11th attacks happened 25 years ago. He tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show", as a firefig...
Sep 11, 2026 Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger shares his remembrances of Sept. 11, 2001 with WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show". (1470 & 100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
Former Peoria County deputy recalls arrest of enemy combatant in West Peoria following Sept. 11th
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria County Sheriff recalls West Peoria's connection to the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Mike McCoy was a Chief Deputy in the department at the time that Ali Sale...
Sep 11, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Peoria man receives maximum sentence in teen sex abuse case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison for the maximum time possible after sexually abusing two teenage girls. 29-year-old Danny Devine Junior was sentenced to 14 years in prison this week. Ch...
Sep 11, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
