Category Archives: Local News
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)
Peoria County grand jury indicts man accused of stabbing cousin
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused of stabbing his cousin last month has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury. 36-year-old Korie Neltner was indicted Tuesday on Attempt First Degree Murder, a Class X...
Jun 11, 2024 courtroom gavel
Employees of Illinois American Water's Peoria facility take to picket line
PEORIA, Ill. - Fourteen employees at Illinois American Water's Peoria District took to the picket line Tuesday. 25 News reports members of the International Union of Operating Engineers #399 approved ...
Jun 11, 2024 Illinois American Water
Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Chillicothe officer-involved shooting "justified"
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says an officer-involved fatal shooting from February in Chillicothe was legally justified. The shooting on the evening of February 13th left...
Jun 11, 2024 Police at W. Matthews and N. Finney Streets in Chillicothe Tuesday night (February 13) at the scene of a fatal officer-involved shooting.
(25 News)
Man shot Monday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called to N. Missouri Avenue Monday night on reports of a person shot. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says around 7:30 p.m., officers found a male with a gunshot wound ...
Jun 11, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen arrested for shooting another teen Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested for accidentally shooting another teen Sunday afternoon. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says the teenager was arrested for alleged re...
Jun 11, 2024
