Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: State rests in Brandon Walker murder trial
UPDATED 4:28 P.M. According to 25 News, the state has rested its case. As perhaps expected, a motion for a directed verdict in favor of Walker, a standard defense request, was denied. The defense has ...
Dec 13, 2023 (25 News)
Viewers come out for latest WTVP meeting
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The financial situation for Peoria's public television station is largely unchanged. Still, for the first time since suspicious activity was found on their financial books, th...
Dec 13, 2023 (25 News)
Avanti's favorites coming to the Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - Fans attending events at the Peoria Civic Center will have a new option for grabbing a bite to eat. Avanti's will be opening a stand in Carver Arena. A grand opening is scheduled for Th...
Dec 13, 2023 (Avanti's)
Peoria Council considers options for anti-violence funding
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Council members spent a portion of their regular meeting on Tuesday discussing what to do with the latest round of violence prevention funding. Around $1.2 million is availa...
Dec 13, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
As deadline looms, assault weapons registration rules still unresolved
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Firearm owners in Illinois will have to wait at least another month before knowing exactly what items they must register with the Illinois State Police unde...
Dec 12, 2023 Illinois State Police acting chief legal counsel Suzanne Bond told lawmakers the agency has listened to gun owners’ concerns and made changes to the rules that were first proposed in September. (Capitol News Illinois)
UPDATE: Judge orders man charged with Pekin child death to remain in jail
UPDATED 6:22 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin man accused of killing his infant daughter will remain behind bars. As required by the state's new Pretrial Fairness Act, a Tazewell County judge Tuesday ruled ...
Dec 12, 2023 Hunter Waters (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
Restaurant owner admits to sales tax evasion
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of a Vietnamese restaurant near the Bradley University campus has pleaded guilty to sales tax evasion. Peoria County Court records indicate Linh Luong, 54, made the plea Monda...
Dec 12, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Man seriously injured in Peoria shooting Monday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A shooting left a man seriously injured Monday night, not far from Bradley University. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called around 6:35 p.m. to the area of C...
Dec 12, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Testimony begins in child death trial
UPDATED 11:54 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Testimony is underway in the trial of one of two people accused of killing eight-year-old Navin Jones more than a year and a half ago. Brandon Walker, 42, is being pr...
Dec 12, 2023 (25 News)
Secretary of State helps launch first-of-its-kind state ID program for inmates exiting Cook County Jail
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Certain detainees leaving Cook County jail will now be given a state ID card upon release in a new pilot program announced Monday by Sheriff Tom Dart and Illinois Sec...
Dec 11, 2023 Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces a pilot program in partnership with the Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart that will offer state IDs to inmates exiting the Cook County jail. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
