Category Archives: Local News
Businesses glad Bob Michel Bridge construction is done
PEORIA, Ill. - Despite what you may have heard, the construction of the Bob Michel Bridge - expanding the bike and pedestrian paths - was only a month behind schedule. But for area businesses, the nin...
Dec 26, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Powerball jackpot rises again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Once again, no winner in the multi-state Powerball lottery drawing. No one matched all five numbers and the red Powerball number in the $660 million Christmas night drawing, though...
Dec 26, 2023 (Powerball)
Peoria-area gas price averages lower again in the last week
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-area gas prices took another drop in the last week, even as analysts said their projections of a below-$3 per gallon national average by Christmas had to be scaled back. GasBuddy...
Dec 26, 2023 Orin Zebest / CC
How to help those with stress, anxiety, and depression during the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. - If you feel a little more malaise this time of year, or if your heart starts to beat a bit faster, you're not alone. The American Psychological Association says 38 percent of people fee...
Dec 24, 2023 A scene of Christmas lights. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Autopsy completed on body found in Laura Bradley Park. Here's what we know
UPDATED 7:24 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has completed an autopsy on the body found Saturday morning at Laura Bradley Park. Coroner Jamie Harwood says Michael Shropshire, 35, Peoria,...
Dec 23, 2023 (25 News)
JOLT and Peoria County Coroner warn about new combination drug linked to recent overdose deaths
PEORIA, Ill. - Community leaders are speaking out about a recent string of overdose deaths in Peoria from a drug that's being sold as heroin. The drug is a polysubstance that is hard and gray and is a...
Dec 23, 2023 (JOLT Harm Reduction)
Springfield Clinic back in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Two years after they were kicked off, Blue Cross Blue Shield is back on at Springfield Clinic. The clinic made a brief announcement Friday that they and Blue Cross Blue Shield of I...
Dec 22, 2023 (Springfield Clinic/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois)
Federal judge declines to stay assault weapons ban ahead of Jan. 1 registration deadline
(Capitol News Illinois) - A southern Illinois federal judge officially declined to issue an injunction to delay the Jan. 1 registration requirement under the state's assault weapons ban. U.S. District...
Dec 22, 2023 U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn issued a 34-page order on Friday that declines to stay Illinois' assault weapons ban ahead of a registration deadline. (Screenshot from McGlynn's order)
Peoria Heights rejects lease agreement proposal from KDB Group, seeking tenants for pump house property
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - The old pump house on Kingman Avenue in Peoria Heights could have a new entity occupying it in the near future. Village trustees this week voted to reject a proposal from the KD...
Dec 22, 2023 (Peoria Heights Chamber of Commerce)
UPDATE: Bob Michel Bridge reopened
UPDATD 12:12 P.M. 12/23/23 The bridge was reopened Saturday morning, as fencing could be seen already removed, and traffic moving across the bridge. ---------------------------------------- PEORIA, Il...
Dec 22, 2023 The Illinois Department of Transportation says the Bob Michel Bridge will reopen to traffic Saturday, September 23, during the early afternoon hours. Construction on the new spans took nine months. (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
