Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Boy suffers life-threatening injuries after being shot Sunday in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATED 4:26 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say an 8-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot in the head Sunday afternoon in the East Bluff. Officers arrived just before 5:...
Jun 17, 2024
Peoria hosts first Juneteenth Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - Juneteenth is this coming Wednesday, but Peoria got a head start on the celebration Saturday by hosting its first-ever Juneteenth Parade. 25 News reports the parade was organized by the...
Jun 16, 2024 25 News
Area road construction projects begin Monday
CENTRAL ILLINOIS, Ill. - Several new road construction projects will impact traffic next week. Southbound 14th Street in Pekin will be closed at Derby Street as part of the Derby Street reconstruction...
Jun 15, 2024 Midwest Communications
Lawmakers pass on oversight vote for Pritzker's prison closure, rebuild plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For the last two decades, each time a governor has moved to close a large state-run facility like a prison or mental health center, a legislative oversight ...
Jun 15, 2024 Logan Correctional Center, one of only two prisons for women in Illinois, is slated for closure and rebuilding – possibly from Lincoln to the Chicago suburb of Crest Hill – under a plan from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Two teenagers charged in connection to shootings in Peoria, one released from custody
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers have been charged in connection to a pair of shootings from last weekend throughout Peoria. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office on Friday says a petition to detain...
Jun 14, 2024 courtroom gavel
Coroner says autopsy on young girl who died after emergency plane landing in Peoria inconclusive
PEORIA, Ill. - An autopsy on a young girl who died after a medical emergency on a flight diverted to Peoria Thursday is inconclusive. That's the finding of Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood, announc...
Jun 14, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Teenager arrested on weapons charges after Grand Prairie area traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old boy was arrested on weapons charges Thursday afternoon after a traffic stop in the Grand Prairie area. Peoria Police say a vehicle connected to a shooting investigation wa...
Jun 14, 2024 (File-25 News)
NOAA: With extreme heat on the way, be prepared
LINCOLN, Ill. - With temperatures well into the 90s towards the end of the weekend, the National Weather Service in Lincoln is reminding everyone to keep the extreme heat in mind when getting ready to...
Jun 14, 2024 rfphoto / Depositphotos.com
'We don't really know what we're voting on,' top Dem says of Pritzker's prison plan
LINCOLN, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - On the eve of a scheduled vote to advise Gov. JB Pritzker's administration on plans to close and rebuild a pair of dilapidated state prisons, hundreds filed int...
Jun 14, 2024 Signs expressing support for Logan Correctional Center’s continued operation dot lawns in Lincoln, where Logan is located. Gov. JB Pritzker’s plans have indicated a possible relocation of the facility to the Chicagoland area after its demolition, though Department of Corrections officials insist no decision has been made. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Peoria Park District appoints new Peoria Zoo director
PEORIA, Ill. - Friday, June 14 is Peoria Zoo Director Yvonne Strode's last day, as she retires after nearly two decades with the zoo. "Yvonne's unwavering commitment to animal welfare has been a corne...
Jun 14, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Peoria Park District)
