Category Archives: Local News
PPD asking for help finding robbery/stabbing suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are asking for the public's help in finding a person accused of a September 1 stabbing and robbery. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called to the...
Sep 10, 2024 (Peoria Police Department)
Jury selection begins in trial of former AT&T Illinois boss accused of bribing Madigan
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who federal prosecutors allege bribed once-powerful ...
Sep 10, 2024 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
PPS Board approves raises for teachers and safety officers
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public Schools Board unanimously approved pay raises for nearly a thousand teachers and for campus safety officers on Monday. The school board approved a two-year contract ex...
Sep 10, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Manhunt continues in Peoria County for Ohio man accused of child abduction and vehicle theft
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County's Sheriff admits that police have run into some "bad luck" in trying to find an Ohio man on the run. Police have been hunting for 45-year-old Victor Farris since We...
Sep 09, 2024 (Woodford County Sheriff's Office via Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Man pleads guilty to April 2023 shooting death of woman at Dunlap apartment
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused in the shooting death of a woman in Dunlap last year is pleading guilty to her murder. Court records indicate a jury trial for Walter Artis' was to begin Monday after pl...
Sep 09, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Farmington teacher's aide pleads not guilty to felony solicitation of a child charge
FARMINGTON, Ill. - A Farmington teacher's aide accused of allegedly soliciting a minor for sex at her home pleaded not guilty Monday morning. 25 News reports 39-year-old Kelli Miller made the plea to ...
Sep 09, 2024 courtroom gavel
Pekin man dies days after two-vehicle crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man has succumbed to his injuries after a two-vehicle crash last week. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the crash happened September 3rd at the intersection of Knoxville...
Sep 09, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Man dies after being struck by own vehicle at Peoria's Metro Centre
PEORIA, Ill. - A man died last week at Peoria's Metro Centre after officials say his own vehicle struck him. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says first responders were called near the 50's Diner j...
Sep 09, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Local gas prices still falling
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dipped nearly four cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.57 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria prices ...
Sep 09, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Search for child abduction, vehicle theft suspect enters fifth day
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says despite some reported sightings of the suspect in a recent alleged child abduction and vehicle theft, the man remains at large. Victor Fa...
Sep 08, 2024 (Woodford County Sheriff's Office via Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
