Category Archives: Local News
Rivermen announce plans for parade and celebration for President's Cup champions
PEORIA, Ill. - Plans for a party for the Southern Professional Hockey League champions Peoria Rivermen have been made. A championship parade will take place Friday at 5:30 P.M. The parade will start a...
Apr 30, 2024 (Peoria Rivermen)
Two injured after crash Tuesday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were sent to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Peoria. Peoria Fire says the crash happened in the area of University and War Memorial just before 8:00...
Apr 30, 2024 Midwest Communications
Election officials to weigh whether Darren Bailey and GOP operative Dan Proft illegally coordinated
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A year and a half after Republican Darren Bailey lost his campaign to challenge Gov. JB Pritzker, state election officials are weighing whether he illegally col...
Apr 30, 2024 Conservative political operative Dan Proft (left) listens to testimony from former Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey (right) in a hearing over allegations that the two illegally coordinated messaging campaigns in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria man who died in traffic crash in Iowa Sunday night identified
SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa - The Peoria man who was the victim in a fatal accident in Iowa Sunday night has been identified. The Scott County Sheriff's Office says Eric Fraelle, 52, was pronounced dead at the...
Apr 30, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Driver hospitalized after crash on I-74 Monday night. Here's what we know
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - On Monday night, the Woodford County Sheriff's Office received multiple calls of a car going off I-74 and into a lake. Sheriff Matthew Smith said an eastbound vehicle on I-74 a...
Apr 30, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Greater Peoria Honor Flight tours Washington D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - The 30th Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria International Airport early Tuesday morning, bound for Washington D.C. The plane, filled with 75 veterans and t...
Apr 30, 2024 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Teenager arrested by Peoria Police multiple times for same offense within a week
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested twice last week by Peoria Police for the same offense. Officers observed a vehicle driving recklessly Saturday just before 1:00 A.M. in the area of Peoria and Ne...
Apr 29, 2024
Hiking trails closed at Peoria-area park after heavy rains from past weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Some hiking trails in the Peoria-area did not escape damage from this weekend's heavy rains. Forest Park Nature Center says some closures of trails have occurred due to flood damage. Pa...
Apr 29, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
Peoria man dead after two-vehicle crash in Iowa
SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa - A man from Peoria died after a crash last (Sunday) night in Iowa involving a semi-truck and an SUV. The Scott County Sheriff's Office says the crash occurred on Interstate 80 abou...
Apr 29, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria crews respond to two-vehicle crash with entrapment. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a two-vehicle accident on N. Knoxville Avenue Sunday night with entrapment. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says around 9:10 p.m., they found one vehi...
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