Category Archives: Local News
Gas prices continue to climb in central Illinois. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Another week, and another rise in gas prices in central Illinois. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded in the Peoria-area on Monday at around $3.57/g. The average ...
Mar 04, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Teen charged with DUI in East Peoria multi-vehicle crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager is facing multiple charges, including aggravated DUI and reckless driving, after allegedly causing a nine-vehicle crash in East Peoria on Sunday afternoon. East Peoria Police...
Mar 04, 2024 (25 News)
Coroner identifies victims of fatal crash near Chillicothe
MOSSVILLE, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has released more information about a three-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon that left three people dead near Chillicothe. The crash happened around 2:30 p....
Mar 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Last-second basket gives Peoria Notre Dame girls a state championship, Illini Bluffs falls short
NORMAL, Ill. - The coach's daughter delivered one of the biggest moments in Peoria Notre Dame Irish history. Freshman Emy Wardle scored the go-ahead basket with one second left in the Illinois High Sc...
Mar 03, 2024 The Peoria Notre Dame girls' basketball team celebrates the Illinois High School Association Class 2A state championship at CEFCU Arena in Normal on March 2nd, 2024. (Illinois High School Association)
Arson cited by Peoria Fire as cause of blaze to home early Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson is being cited as the cause of a fire early Sunday morning in Peoria. Peoria Fire says crews were called to the house in the area of Peoria and Illinois Avenues just after 12:45 A...
Mar 03, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Three dead from three-vehicle accident in Peoria County
UPDATED 9:15 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Three people are dead, and one more person is injured, after an accident in Peoria County Saturday afternoon. Illinois State Police say the three-vehicle crash ...
Mar 02, 2024 Midwest Communications
His conviction was overturned after 35 years wrongfully served. State law caps his compensation at 14 years
(Capitol News Illinois) - In December, 57-year-old Brian Beals spent Christmas with his sister Pattilyn for the first time 35 years. Beals was exonerated and freed from Robinson Correctional Center in...
Mar 02, 2024 Brian Beals, 57, sits in his sister’s home in January, one month after being released from prison after serving 35 years for a wrongful conviction. Beals was studying at Southern Illinois University when he was arrested for a murder he did not commit in 1988. (Capitol News Illinois Photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Multi-state lotto jackpots now total more than $1 billion
PEORIA, Ill. - There's still more than $1 billion in multi-state lottery jackpots to be won. The jackpot in the Mega Millions drawing has increased, after no one matched all the winning numbers Friday...
Mar 02, 2024 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Native tribe seeks return of ancestral land in Dekalb County
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois currently has no federally recognized tribal land within its borders, but that could change in the coming months. A bill pending in the General Ass...
Mar 02, 2024 Ronnie Preston dances in the Illinois Capitol in February as part of the Native American Summit organized by the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One person dead after Tazewell County fire
DELAVAN, Ill. - An elderly woman is believed to be dead after a house fire Friday night in rural Tazewell County. Tazewell County sheriff's deputies tell 25 News the blaze was reported just after 7:00...
Mar 02, 2024 Midwest Communications
