Category Archives: Local News
Motorcycle driver injured in I-74 accident
PEORIA, ill. - A motorcycle crash resulted in the driver being transported to a local hospital. State Police tell 25 News the accident happened around 12:20 p.m. Saturday when the motorcycle left the ...
May 4, 2025 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Wildlife Prairie Park planning expansion
HANNA CITY, Ill - Officials at Wildlife Prairie Park have announced a planned $1.5 million expansion project that will include a campground with room for 40 recreational vehicles. 25 News reports the ...
May 4, 2025 25 News
Trump protesters gather at Peoria Stadium
PEORIA, Ill. - The political activist group 50501 stated its second protest in as many weekends in Peoria. A large number of protesters gathered at Peoria Stadium Saturday to voice their displeasure o...
May 4, 2025 25 News
Lane closures in Peoria and Tazewell Counties this week
PEORIA, Ill - Another week of road construction will affect motorists in Peoria and Tazewell Counties. Daytime lane closures on the Murray Baker Bridge, I-74, will resume Monday and Tuesday affecting ...
May 4, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
"The View" co-host to be MLK luncheon speaker
PEORIA, Ill. - Sunny Hostin, co-host on ABC-TV's "The View" will be the featured speaker during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon. Public Employees for Community Concerns says the event will tak...
May 3, 2025 Public Employees for Community Concerns
City of Peoria seeking proposals to redevelop historic building
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria is looking for proposals from developers seeking to breathe new life into a historic downtown building. The City began accepting applications April 30 from prospectiv...
May 3, 2025 25 News
Peoria Fire Department division chief retires
PEORIA, Ill. - Lorie Baxter is hanging up her gear within the Peoria Fire Department after 27 years. Baxter is Division Chief of Operations and is the first woman to be selected to the executive board...
May 3, 2025 25 News
WTVP, WCBU react to executive order that could cut its federal funding
PEORIA, Ill. - Public media in the Peoria-area are reacting to a President Trump executive order that could cut a portion of their federal funding. It calls for "direct funding" to the Corporation for...
May 2, 2025 (25 News)
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor's degree proposal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Two Democratic leaders in the Illinois Senate openly expressed their disagreement this week about Gov. JB Pritzker's proposal to allow community colleges to...
May 2, 2025 State Sen. Cristina Castro is pictured in a Senate Executive Committee hearing last year in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Former Gov. George Ryan dead at 91; remembered for corruption conviction, halting death penalty
UPDATED 5:58 P.M. CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and 12 years after hi...
May 2, 2025 Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s photo hangs in the Statehouse’s Hall of Governors. Ryan died Friday, May 2, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
