Category Archives: Local News
Fire Department closes Riverview Plaza Building in downtown Peoria. Here's what we know
UPDATED 11:45 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department shut down the Riverview Plaza Building Thursday night in downtown Peoria. It happened without prior notice to the building's tenants, which...
Feb 09, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
CEFCU makes $100K contribution to Phoenix Manor development
PEORIA, Ill. - CEFCU has committed $100,000 to help combat homelessness in Peoria. The capital equity commitment is going to Phoenix Manor, a permanent housing development that's being developed at th...
Feb 09, 2024 The former Methodist College Building in downtown Peoria is being developed into Phoenix Manor to help alleviate homelessness in the Peoria region )25 News)
More Petersen Health Care homes under receivership over unpaid debt. Here's where
CHICAGO - More assisted living facilities under the Peoria-based Petersen Healthcare umbrella are now no longer under the company's control. Documents filed Thursday in federal court in Chicago indica...
Feb 08, 2024 (Petersen Health Care)
Carle Health doctor explains stomach cancer
PEORIA, Ill. - Country music star Toby Keith died this week following a several year battle with stomach cancer. And while it's possible to get stomach cancer here, it doesn't happen all that much. "I...
Feb 08, 2024 (Carle Health)
New charges in connection with late-January shots fired incident near accident scene
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney is filing new charges against a Peoria man who was arrested for allegedly opening fire near Interstate 74 and Gale Avenue almost two weeks ago. State'...
Feb 08, 2024 Donte Wright (1470 & 100/3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Businessman charged with $30K worth of theft, home repair fraud
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man faces a host of charges after he allegedly swindled customers of his home repair business out of tens of thousands of dollars worth of work. Peoria Police say Nicholas Hamb...
Feb 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Quest Charter Academy students learn where they will spend the next school year
PEORIA, Ill. - Quest Charter Academy students are getting a preview this week of what the next school year in a new building could look like. Quest is closing at the end of the school year after the P...
Feb 08, 2024 (25 News)
Trump's Illinois ballot challenge to move forward
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that a case seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the March 19 Republican primary ballot in Illinois will mo...
Feb 08, 2024 A sample ballot from Sangamon County shows the names that will appear before voters in the March 19 Republican primary, pending action by a Cook County Circuit Court.
Threat to Bartonville schools found not credible. Here's what we know
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Parents of Limestone Community High School and Oak Grove Elementary School students were alerted Wednesday night of an online threat that Bartonville Police have now determined was...
Feb 08, 2024 (File-25 News)
Day in court postponed for former lawmaker who checked into hospital on eve of corruption trial
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - On what was supposed to be the third morning of a weeklong corruption trial of former State Sen. Sam McCann, the onetime third-party candidate for governor ...
Feb 07, 2024 The Paul Findley Federal Courthouse in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
