Category Archives: Local News
Residents and pets displaced by Creve Coeur fire
CREVE COEUR, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a Creve Coeur home Sunday morning for a fire that displaced two people and their pets. Creve Coeur Fire Chief Roger Ristow said his department received ...
Aug 25, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop a bit after storms knocked out Midwest refinery in Indiana
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 1.5 cents in the last week, averaging $3.29 a gallon on Monday. GasBuddy says Peoria's prices are 0.3 cents higher than a month ago and 37.4 ce...
Aug 25, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Police chief asks male role models to show support for Manual High students after violence last week
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria is encouraging male role models to show up Monday morning at Manual High School following two shooting incidents at the school last week. In a statem...
Aug 25, 2025 Courtesy of Peoria Police Department's Facebook Page
Illinois Governor responds to reports of military deployments to the state
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has responded to reports that military deployments could be sent to the state. The Washington Post has reported President Donald Trump is considering ...
Aug 24, 2025 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announces funding for 15 food banks across the state at a press conference on March 5th, 2024 at Midwest Food Bank in Morton. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Powerball jackpot continues to grow
ATLANTA, Ga. - There was no grand prize winner in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, resulting in the jackpot growing to $750 million. The jackpot will be the 10th largest in Powerball history, offic...
Aug 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store, in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
IHSA celebrates its 125th year
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - This school year is the 125th in the history of the Illinois High School Association. The IHSA is celebrating by highlighting on its website the top 125 moments in its history. The...
Aug 24, 2025 Photo: Illinois High School Association/ihsa.org
More road construction projects begin this week
PEORIA, Ill - The painting of the new arch of the McClugage Bridge highlights road projects that begin this week. Beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, the right lane of the McClugage Bridge will be blocked for...
Aug 24, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Chief: Teen accused of firing shots near Manual H.S. had been suspended from school
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria has released more details concerning a shots fired incident outside Manual High School Friday. A 15-year-old boy is in the Peoria County Juvenile Det...
Aug 23, 2025 Peoria Police Department
Peoria street named for beloved dentist
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A portion of a West Bluff street has received an honorary designation as D. W. Roscoe McCall Street. McCall was one of Peoria's first African-American dentists. He retired in ...
Aug 23, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Passenger entrapped after Sterling Ave. accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A two-vehicle accident resulted in one passenger becoming entrapped. The accident occurred at 7:13 p.m. Friday on Sterling Avenue near the I-74 overpass. Peoria fire Battalion Chief Lar...
Aug 23, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
