Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: One dead after standoff with Canton Police
UPDATED 3:54 P.M. CANTON, Ill. - One person is dead after what turned out to be a daylong standoff Tuesday in Fulton County. 25 News reports Canton Police were attempting to serve search and arrest wa...
Jan 24, 2024 (25 News)
UPDATED: Machine shed, equipment on Hanna City farm a total loss
Updated 8:18 p.m. HANNA CITY, Ill. - A machine shed on a farm in Hanna City caught on fire Wednesday morning, causing a big fire response. Firefighters from Logan-Trivoli and seven other departments h...
Jan 24, 2024 (25 News)
Bartonville man arrested in Peoria early Wednesday morning after burglary reports
PEORIA, Ill. - A Bartonville man was arrested after multiple reports of burglaries early Wednesday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police say the first call came in just after 12:15 A.M. in the area of Sher...
Jan 24, 2024 Raygan Cross Mugshot Photo (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Icy roads cause several accidents in Peoria and East Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Icy conditions Wednesday morning led to several accidents, one involving a school bus and a garbage truck, leaving several cars in the ditch on Cedar Hills Drive, at Bristol Hollow Road....
Jan 24, 2024 State Farm / CC
Illinois man who shot 8 people to death was family to most of his victims
(Reuters) - A man who fatally shot eight people in Illinois over the weekend before taking own life as law enforcement closed in on him in Texas was a family relative to most of his victims, but his m...
Jan 24, 2024 Romeo Nance, sought by the Joliet Police Department as a suspect in the shooting deaths of seven people in two homes, poses in an undated photograph released by investigators in Joliet, Illinois, U.S. Joliet Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria council approves spending $1.2M in federal funds for violence prevention
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The Peoria City Council has decided it will spend $1.2 million in American Rescue Plan funds to light up neighborhoods considered high-crime areas of the city. Following up on...
Jan 24, 2024 Scott McLeod / CC
State Police report fewer deaths on Illinois highways in 2023
(Capitol News Illinois) - Fatal crashes on interstates and expressways in Illinois fell by 7 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year, and shootings were down more than 30 percent. Illinois State...
Jan 23, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Grand jury indicts Peoria man for murder
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man charged with the city's first homicide of the year has been indicted by a grand jury. Peoria County Court records indicate David Stone, 39, was formally charged Tuesday w...
Jan 23, 2024 David Stone (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Pritzker touts climate investments despite renewables lagging state goals
UPDATED 1/25/24 CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois)- Boston-based Nexamp, a major player in the solar energy industry, is joining the growing list of renewable technology companies that have expanded or r...
Jan 23, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Chicago offices of Nexamp, one of the major players in the nation’s solar energy industry. The company on Monday announced its intention to spend $2 billion in Illinois in the near future, including building a second headquarters in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Co. roads may still be slick and icy. Here's what we know
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County plow drivers are reporting that roads are still very slick and icy outside of the City of Peoria. Mark Gilles, with the Peoria County Highway Department, says crews...
Jan 23, 2024 A Peoria County Highway Department snow plow works to clear roads in the Dunlap area during a winter storm on January 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
