Category Archives: Local News
Heavy rain cancels DIRTcar Summer Nationals at Peoria Speedway
PEORIA, Ill. - If you were planning on heading out to the Peoria Speedway on Monday, save the trip. The DIRTcar Summer Nationals and the Modified Nationals are officially cancelled. Heavy rain on Sund...
Jun 22, 2026 DIRTcars on the track at Peoria Speedway. Monday's Summer Nationals have been cancelled there due to heavy rain on Sunday. (Peoria Speedway Facebook)
PPD: Peoria intersection reopens after crash injures 2 drivers
By Howard Packowitz PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - An intersection near the border between Peoria's West Bluff and West Peoria was closed for about an hour Sunday evening because of a two-car accident that ...
Jun 22, 2026
Peoria PD requests hiring 6 community service officers at $500K+ annual cost to help protect downtown
By Howard Packowitz PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The Peoria Police Department would hire six unarmed civilian community service officers to help protect the downtown area, costing taxpayers $508,000 a yea...
Jun 22, 2026 Peoria Police Department
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop again; down more than 60 cents from a month ago
PEORIA, Ill. - A little more relief is coming to your wallet this week at the gas pump. Gas prices in Peoria have dropped another 13 and a half cents over the past week, putting the average price at a...
Jun 22, 2026 Mike Mozart / CC
Peoria family escapes electrical fire after tree falls on their home
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria family is safe after an electrical fire at their home on North El Vista Avenue. A tree fell onto their house late Sunday night, hitting power lines and sending electricity thro...
Jun 22, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin Park District surveying public's appetite for tax hike
By Liz Lape PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - Pekin Park District leaders are asking voters whether they will support a property tax increase, aiming to place a referendum on the November ballot. Park District ...
Jun 20, 2026 Pekin Park District leaders are asking voters whether they will support a property tax increase, aiming to place a referendum on the November ballot. (25 News)
Heroic horsemen of Tazewell County honored at Juneteenth ceremony
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The story of a group of horse riders who came to the aid of kidnapped former slaves was the focus of Tazewell County's 2026 Juneteenth ceremony. Friday's ceremony took place at...
Jun 19, 2026 Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lisa Holder White speaks at the 2026 Tazewell County Juneteenth ceremony at Woodrow Cemetery in Cincinnati Township. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: All lanes reopened after US Route 24 crash Friday morning
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Two people were injured after a rollover crash in Peoria County on Friday morning. Illinois State Police says a semi-truck truck rolled over after the crash versus a pick-up truc...
Jun 19, 2026 A rollover crash was reported near the Peoria side of Pekin bridge around 11:15 a.m. Friday. (25 News)
Many offices closed Friday in observance of Juneteenth holiday
PEORIA, Ill. -Friday is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day. The federal holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U-S. It marks the date in 1865 when news of the ab...
Jun 19, 2026
Illinois' unemployment numbers unchanged from April
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -Illinois' unemployment rate remains steady. The state Department of Employment Security says the state's jobless rate last month was five-point-one-percent, unchanged from April. No...
Jun 19, 2026 benkrut / Depositphotos.com
