Category Archives: Local News
Catholic Diocese of Peoria to undergo restructuring. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced over the weekend a restructuring of its parishes and worship sites due to a declining number of local priests. According to the Catholic Diocese...
May 20, 2024 (Catholic Diocese of Peoria via Facebook)
Collins: Chance of severe storms Monday-Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - There is potential for some severe weather Monday and Tuesday, according to 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins. "We could see isolated severe cells this (Monday) afte...
May 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Prices still falling ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 3.1 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.68 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 1...
May 20, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Peoria West Bluff fire determined as arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters extinguished a fire in a camper and a detached garage in the city's West Bluff. The fire was reported around 12:54 a.m. Saturday in the rear of a house in the area o...
May 18, 2024 Midwest Communications
Student arrested by Elmwood Police after alleged threat made against high school
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Elmwood Police have arrested a student who allegedly threatened to shoot up a school. Bartonville Police say officers were dispatched to the Special Education Association of Peoria...
May 17, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Judge orders suspect in connection to shooting death of MikeQuese Taylor held in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused in the homicide of a college basketball player from Peoria was ordered to remain in jail until trial. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a petition to detain...
May 17, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin City Hall evacuated after reported IEDs found during traffic stop
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin City Hall was evacuated earlier Friday as a precaution after two alleged improvised explosive devices were found. 25 News reports Pekin Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic viola...
May 17, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker pledges to expand access to mental health care in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD - In the middle of Mental Health Awareness Month, Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton hosted a panel in Springfield this week at which he pledged to expand the state's behaviora...
May 17, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to an audience of professionals from the behavioral and mental health field at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library on May 15. He said the state needs to make mental health services more accessible. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Peoria radio legend says goodbye after a four decade career in the River City
PEORIA, Ill. - A legendary career of nearly 40 years behind the radio microphone in Peoria concludes on Friday. Rick Hirschmann of Midwest Communications sister station 93.3 the Drive is retiring at t...
May 17, 2024 (Rick Hirschmann/93.3 the Drive)
Illinois launches summer food assistance program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The state is launching a new program to provide food assistance during the summer for families with children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals at ...
May 17, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker announces the launch of a new summer nutrition program for school-age children during a news conference at Enos Elementary in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
