Category Archives: Local News
Christmas tree recycling in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY Ill. - Residents of Tazewell County can recycle their Christmas trees for free -- for a limited time. According to 25News -- The Tazewell County Health Department's tree recycling prog...
Dec 27, 2024 (Tazewell County Health Department)
Two Pekin residents charged after drug-induced homicide
PEKIN Ill. - A man and woman from Pekin are in jail and charged in connection with the drug overdose death of another Pekin woman. According to 25news -- 31-year-old Zachary Cotham and 27-year-old Sha...
Dec 26, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
One man arrested for domestic battery on Christmas Eve
PEORIA Ill. - A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a person -- on Christmas Eve. Just after 1:15pm on Tuesday, Peoria Police were dispatched to the 1800 block of South Stanley, on a report o...
Dec 26, 2024
Peoria Police looking for suspects in Christmas Eve shooting
PEORIA Ill. - One man was hospitalized after being shot in Peoria, on Christmas Eve. Just before midnight on Tuesday, Peoria Police were dispatched to the 600 block of West Hillyer on a report of a pe...
Dec 26, 2024
Peoria Park District planning out Summer Camp on the riverfront for 2025
PEORIA, Ill. - Discussions continue to bring one of central Illinois' biggest music festivals to the Peoria riverfront during Memorial Day weekend. Peoria Park District Executive Director Emily Cahill...
Dec 26, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
Illinois' minimum wage to increase to $15 on Jan. 1, completing 6-year transition
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the increase was approved in 2019. Beginn...
Dec 26, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker holds a shirt commemorating the movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 after signing the bill on February 20, 2019. The wage hits $15 in 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
New stores planned for Pekin's East Court Village next year
PEKIN, Ill. - Three new retailers are planned for Pekin's East Court Village in 2025. Cullinan Properties announced this week that Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, and Five Below are scheduled to open ...
Dec 26, 2024 (Cullinan Properties)
Illinois State Trooper struck by moving vehicle, pronounced dead
ILLINOIS - An Illinois State trooper is dead -- after being struck by a moving vehicle Monday night, on I-55 NORTH. It occurred just before 9:45pm -- near Channahon. Trooper Clay Carns was outside of ...
Dec 24, 2024 (Illinois State Police)
Teenager arrested in Peoria for allegedly possessing firearm
PEORIA Ill. - A teenager was arrested over the weekend in Peoria, for possessing a firearm under the legal age. On Saturday, just after 9:00pm, Peoria Police conducted a traffic stop in the 500 block ...
Dec 23, 2024
Mother and daughter die in fiery I-74 crash early Sunday morning near Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - A mother and daughter from Ohio died in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 74 near Brimfield early Sunday morning. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 41-year-old Leila Mohama...
Dec 23, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
