Category Archives: Local News
Veteran of force to become Creve Coeur Police Chief
CREVE COEUR, Ill. - A member of the Creve Coeur Police force is taking the department's top job. The department announced on social media that the village's trustees last week approved promoting Justi...
Will Stevenson May 30, 2022 (Creve Coeur Police Department via Facebook)
Peoria holds first in-person Memorial Day ceremony in several years
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria City Council member gets emotional when he talks about Memorial Day. Bruce Brown was drafted in to the Vietnam War as a Marine more than 50 years ago, but before he coul...
Will Stevenson May 30, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gas prices surpass $5 a gallon in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Central Illinoisans are feeling their share of pain at the pump this holiday weekend, as gas prices surpassed five dollars in some parts of the River City. As of Sunday, prices at the ...
Julia Bradley May 30, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
PPD: Officer injured in overnight crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Police officer suffered minor injuries after being involved in a crash early Monday morning. Public Information Officer Semone Roth said just before 1:30 a.m., a car ran a red...
Julia Bradley May 30, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATED: One person found dead at Summer Camp festival
UPDATE: 5:54 p.m. CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - We're learning more about a man who was found dead at Summer Camp this past Memorial Day weekend. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identifies the deceased indi...
Julia Bradley May 30, 2022 Highway Patrol Images / CC
Boat fire strikes Illinois River marina, injuring more than a dozen
SENECA, Ill. -- More than a dozen people are hurt following a boat fire reported not far down the Illinois River from Peoria this weekend. Illinois State Police reports their officers responded 4:26 p...
Cooper Banks May 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
Honoring those who served on Memorial Day
PEORIA, Ill. - If it were up to Vietnam veteran Alfred Burnett, a member of Peoria American Legion Post 2, you might not be compelled to take a vacation or have a party this weekend, because it's Memo...
Will Stevenson May 28, 2022 joey zanotti / CC
Peoria, Tazewell Counties remain at "high" COVID spread levels, Woodford County drops to "low"
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois declined in the last week, but the Illinois Department of Public Health says the number of counties with "high" community spread went u...
Will Stevenson May 28, 2022 (Illinois Department of Public Health)
Man hit by excavator hospitalized in Peoria
UTICA, Ill. - A man working in LaSalle County has been brought to a hospital in Peoria after authorities say he was hit by an excavator. 25 News says the accident happened late Friday morning in Utica...
Will Stevenson May 27, 2022 Audrey / CC
Intoxicated suspect arrested after striking victim at Peoria County 'saloon'
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- We're learning about a violent disturbance at a so-called saloon in rural Peoria County. Sheriff's deputies say they arrested 61-year-old David Baker for allegedly punching a vi...
Cooper Banks May 27, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)