Category Archives: Local News
Two members of Peoria Fire Department to receive Medal of Valor from state fire marshal
PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria firefighters who risked their lives to rescue an unconscious person during a house fire last year are being recognized by the state for their heroic act. Captain Nick Hansen ...
Mar 26, 2024 Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada (center) speaks at a ceremony at Peoria Fire Central, honoring Captain Nick Hansen (left) and firefighter Tobi Roderick (right) for receiving the Medal of Valor from the Illinois State Fire Marshal. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
West Peoria home destroyed by explosions Sunday morning
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple explosions destroyed a West Peoria home early Sunday morning, but the fire chief says an exact cause hasn't been determined because crews had to demolish the home for safe...
Mar 26, 2024 A West Peoria home on Martin Luther King Drive was destroyed by explosions Sunday morning. (25 News)
East Peoria man accused of attempted murder for shooting Monday afternoon
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A 62-year-old East Peoria man has been arrested in connection with a shooting Monday afternoon that police say was the result of a domestic dispute. East Peoria Police were called ...
Mar 26, 2024 Midwest Communications
Peoria County State's Attorney's Office looking to charge teen who fired multiple shots early Friday morning as an adult
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office is looking to try a teenager accused of firing multiple shots in South Peoria as an adult. Peoria Police officers responded on Friday just af...
Mar 25, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Teenager arrested for reportedly shooting another teenager in one of three shootings Sunday in Peoria
UPDATED 5:42 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office identified the suspect as 16-year-old Janard Quin. The office says because of Quin's age, along with the Aggravated Battery...
Mar 25, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Highest-ranking woman in state police history reflects on experience as force looks to diversify
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The night before Rebecca Hooks started at the Illinois State Police Academy in 2002, she spoke on the phone with her father and her brother - both of whom w...
Mar 25, 2024 Rebecca Hooks Pic – Illinois State Police First Deputy Director Rebecca Hooks, the highest-ranking woman in agency history, works in her office in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Arrests made in connection to pair of homicides from past weekend in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Arrests have been made in connection to two separate homicides in the same area from the past weekend in Peoria. Peoria Police say 21-year-old Javier McGhee surrendered himself to polic...
Mar 25, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Victims from two homicides in Peoria this past weekend identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The victims from Peoria's 3rd and 4th homicides this past weekend, hours apart from each other, in Peoria have been identified. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says the victims are 2...
Mar 25, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: PPD investigating three more shootings on Sunday
UPDATED 8:53 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say three people were injured in three separate shootings on Sunday. The first shooting happened around 2 p.m. on N. Sheridan Road. Officers found a juve...
Mar 25, 2024 Midwest Communications
Peoria area gas prices up roughly 20 cents in the last week
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 20 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.77 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 local stations. Prices in Peoria are 31.7 ce...
Mar 25, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
