Category Archives: Local News
With high temperatures over the next few days, Peoria opens Cooling Centers
PEORIA, Ill. - With temperatures in the 90s over the next few days, and heat indices even higher, the City of Peoria is opening Cooling Centers for people who need to get out of the excessive heat. Th...
Jun 13, 2024 rfphoto / Depositphotos.com
Collins: Threat of severe storms Thursday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - There is a threat of severe storms for the Peoria area Thursday evening. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says a line of severe thunderstorms will approach the Illi...
Jun 13, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Elections board urged to dismiss complaint that Bailey illegally coordinated in 2022 campaign
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A hearing officer is recommending the Illinois State Board of Elections dismiss a complaint that alleged conservative radio host and political operative Dan...
Jun 12, 2024 Former GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey (right) and conservative political operative Dan Proft are pictured during an April hearing before the Illinois State Board of Elections. A hearing officer has recommended the board dismiss a complaint that the pair illegally colluded in the 2022 election. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Communities, commission push Pritzker admin for more prison plan details
JOLIET, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Jimmy Soto spent more than 42 years wrongfully imprisoned in Illinois Department of Corrections facilities. In 2020, he was moved to the "F-House" at Stateville ...
Jun 12, 2024 Jimmy Soto, who spent more than 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in state prisons, speaks to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability at a public hearing in Joliet Tuesday. Soto said he recently discovered the drinking water at Stateville contaminated his blood with lead, causing him to be prediabetic. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Peoria Chamber finds new leader from within organization
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce has its new leader. The chamber announced Wednesday Jessica Linder Gallo as the new President and CEO, effective immediately. She takes over for Josh...
Jun 12, 2024 (Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce)
Man arrested by Peoria Police on attempted murder charge after alleged domestic dispute
PEORIA, Ill. - A reported domestic dispute in Peoria Tuesday night led to a man being arrested on an attempted murder charge. Police arrived to the area of Wilcox and North just before 8:30 P.M., find...
Jun 12, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria home a total loss after fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire crews were called to a home on W. Marquette Avenue overnight in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says just before 11:30 p.m., firefighters encountered a fully involved st...
Jun 12, 2024 duskbabe / Depositphotos.com
31st Peoria Honor Flight headed to Washington, D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - The 31st Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria International Airport early Wednesday morning, bound for Washington D.C. The plane, filled with 74 veterans and...
Jun 12, 2024 (File-Craig Collins/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
East Bluff home undergoing renovations damaged by fire Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home in Peoria's East Bluff Tuesday night that was undergoing some renovations. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says when they arrived shortly aft...
Jun 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Zoo director prepares for retirement after leading for nearly two decades
PEORIA, Ill. - Growing up in Chillicothe and Bradford, Yvonne Strode says she used to visit the "big town" zoo at Peoria's Glen Oak Park. But she never imagined that she would be spending her career f...
Jun 11, 2024 (Peoria Zoo/Peoria Park District)
