Category Archives: Local News
St. Jude supporters reaffirm their commitment to funding cancer research
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF HealthCare announced earlier this week that Children's Hospital of Illinois will no longer be an affiliate of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Since the announcement, local co...
May 13, 2026 Participants in the 43nd annual Memphis to Peoria Run travel through the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
(St. Jude Runs Facebook Page)
Woman arrested in Chillicothe drug bust
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A 56-year-old woman is in custody following a drug raid in Chillicothe on Tuesday. Chillicothe Police detectives executed a residential search warrant in the 1700 block of N. Bened...
May 13, 2026 56-year-old Tammy Hoover. (Peoria County Jail)
PPS partnership is improving student attendance
PEORIA, Ill. - Officials with Peoria Public Schools say their partnership with Cartwheel has proven effective in reducing absenteeism. Prior to their partnership with Cartwheel to expand student menta...
May 13, 2026 (Peoria Public Schools)
Safety measures in place after threats made to Washington Community High School
By Howard Packowitz and Angeles Ponpa WASHINGTON, Ill. (25 News) - The superintendent of Washington Community High School District 308 tells 25 News that the school is continuing to implement safety m...
May 13, 2026 (Washington Community High School Facebook)
Grand jury indicts teenager involved in North Peoria vehicular hijacking
PEORIA, Ill. - One of the teenagers charged in a carjacking in North Peoria last December has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury. 15-year-old Jaiden Dillard was indicted on Tuesday on one cou...
May 12, 2026 courtroom gavel
Man accused of beating and detaining girlfriend in Peoria home indicted by grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of forcing his girlfriend to stay in their Peoria home while he allegedly beat her over several hours has been indicted by a grand jury. 21-year-old Johnnie Chiaravalle ...
May 12, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Trial delayed for man accused of fatal shooting of Peoria teen at house party
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (25 News) - A day after a jury was selected for the murder trial of a man who is accused of killing a Peoria teen at a house party in 2022, the trial was delayed until August. Tomiya...
May 12, 2026 Tomiyale Anderson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/McLean County Jail)
Pritzker urges feds to release $1B in broadband funds to Illinois
Article Summary JB Pritzker sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday, urging the release of $1 billion in broadband infrastructure funds previously allocated to Illinois. Lut...
May 12, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters at an event in Springfield on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Washington Chief reflects on Mother's Day shooting incident and explosion
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Following a shooting incident and explosion on Mother's Day, Washington's police chief recalls how he was alerted to the situation. Police Chief Jeff Stevens tells WMBD's "Greg and ...
May 12, 2026
Pekin data center developer backs out of proposed project
PEKIN, Ill. - A proposed data center project in Pekin is officially not happening. In March, Mayor Mary Burress stated at a city council meeting that the city had no intentions of moving forward with ...
May 12, 2026 (City of Pekin)
