Category Archives: Local News
Ahead of Central Illinois' biggest snowfall of the season, I-DOT says pack some extra patience
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - With four to six inches of snow forecast for Central Illinois on Sunday, the Illinois Department of Transportation wants you to ask yourself one question...Do I really need to be o...
Jan 03, 2025 A Peoria County Highway Department snow plow works to clear roads in the Dunlap area during a winter storm on January 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Koehler announces $1.2 million in grants for park improvements
PEORIA Ill. - Pleasure Driveway Park in Peoria is receiving $600,000 of grants for improvements. Illinois State Senator Dave Koehler announced today -- both the City of Bloomington and Pleasure Drivew...
Jan 03, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Collins: 2-5 inches of snow possible in Central Illinois on Sunday
UPDATED 4:25PM PEORIA Ill. - 25NEWS HAS ISSUED A FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TOMORROW NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL A...
Jan 03, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Ipava man accused in shooting death of Canton man on New Year's Eve ordered to remain in jail
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - An Ipava man accused of shooting a Canton man in the head and killing him on New Year's Eve must remain in the Fulton County Jail. 25 News reports 33-year-old Nicholas Pratt was ...
Jan 02, 2025 (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria County Sheriff's Office reporting vandalized farmland in Medina Township
MEDINA TOWNSHIP, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is looking for who might be vandalizing farmland. The office says it's occurring in Medina Township at Rome and Krause Roads. Police believe ...
Jan 02, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
OSF Healthcare announces changes to mask policy
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF Healthcare is changing its mask policy not long after implementing it. OSF says it is now recommending masks for patients and visitors who visit their hospitals, hospice home, and c...
Jan 02, 2025 (OSF HealthCare)
Shots fired at Farmington Road restaurant as new year began early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating shots fired near a restaurant just after the new year started. Sheriff Chris Watkins says suspects in a red van traveling east on Far...
Jan 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Riverfront Museum reports record weekend attendance for Muppets exhibit
PEORIA, Ill. - A lot of people want to see the Muppets in Peoria. The Peoria Riverfront Museum says nearly four-thousand people visited this past weekend, saying it's a record number of patrons. The m...
Jan 01, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
Lewistown shooting victim identified by Fulton County Coroner
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A 39-year-old Canton man has been identified as the victim in a fatal shooting at a Fulton County grocery store Tuesday night. Fulton County Coroner Austin Rhodes identified the vict...
Jan 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Man arrested for fatal shooting in Lewistown
UPDATE 5:30 A.M. LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A man is dead after being shot outside the County Market in Lewistown Tuesday, and another man is arrested for the shooting. Fulton County Sheriff's Office deputies ...
Jan 01, 2025 (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)
