Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: I-74 reopened after Tuesday morning vehicle fire
UPDATED 4:49 P.M. TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Traffic on Interstate 74 was reopened at around 2:30 P.M. No injuries were reported. ---------------------------- TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Illinois State Polic...
Jun 25, 2024 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Speaker Welch rebuffs lawsuit from would-be staff union as 'forum shopping'
COOK COUNTY, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch is urging a Cook County judge to dismiss a lawsuit members of his staff filed against him last month seeking to...
Jun 25, 2024 House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is pictured with members of the Illinois Legislative Staff Association organizing committee testifying in front of an October 2023 committee hearing. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
PPS closer to phone-free classrooms with nearly $250K purchase
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools is looking to spend almost $250,000 for technology that would shut off students' phones when they're in the classroom. The PPS board on Monday night voted unanimou...
Jun 25, 2024 (overyondr.com)
18-year-old arrested in Peoria on weapons charges ordered to remain in prison
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager accused of being in possession of multiple weapons must remain in jail. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a petition to detain 18-year-old Korion Hopkins was g...
Jun 24, 2024 courtroom gavel
Severe weather a concern Tuesday in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Strong and severe storms could make their way through central Illinois on Tuesday in multiple rounds. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says the first round will occ...
Jun 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria food kitchen hit by recent vandalism
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria food kitchen says its doors are staying open after a recent rash of vandalism. In a Facebook post, Sophia's Angels Kitchen says a vandal, who has been arrested, broke windows a...
Jun 24, 2024 (Sophia's Angels Kitchen)
GasBuddy: Local gas prices up about a dime in latest survey
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 10 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.67 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria prices...
Jun 24, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Metamora grad selected to USA Olympic Swim Team
METAMORA, Ill. - Germantown Hills native and Metamora High School grad Anna Peplowki has been selected to the U.S. Olympic Swim Team for this year's game in Paris. Peplowski, a senior at Indiana Unive...
Jun 23, 2024 Photo: Trent Barnhart/Indiana Athletics
Area road construction projects begin Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Several road construction projects will impact traffic in the Peoria area beginning Monday. East Washington in East Peoria will be reduced to one lane in various locations between North...
Jun 23, 2024 Midwest Communications
Mail strewn about neighborhood prompts police investigation
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The East Peoria Police Department is investigating what it believes to be the theft of mail. Police received a complaint around 5:24 a.m. Saturday of mail scattered throughout an a...
Jun 22, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
