Category Archives: Local News
Video surfaces of brawl at East Peoria high school football game
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Another video getting passed around online is scaring parents, showing local high school students in a violent fight. It's the second recorded incident from Friday night, putting ...
Aug 31, 2022 (25 News)
PPD: Teens arrested for fight at Peoria Stadium
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have now arrested three teenagers after Peoria Stadium was evacuated during a brawl last Friday night. On Monday, a 17-year-old was arrested for mob action and transporte...
Aug 31, 2022 MWC-PPD
PPS: Students' must still "earn" eligibility to attend games after Friday brawl at PHS
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria Public School officials have released more information about new and ongoing rules at interscholastic youth sporting events, including high school football games, following a vio...
Aug 30, 2022
Illinois, others get EPA waivers to preserve Midwest fuel supply
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a successful effort to grant the state an EPA waiver to protect the state's fuel supply in the wake of an oil refinery disaster earlier t...
Aug 30, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Pekin Township Building ready to start serving again
PEKIN, Ill. -- Good news for Pekin's senior citizens. The Pekin Township Building is just about ready to start serving meals again. "They have been desperately trying to get their kitchen remodeled an...
Aug 30, 2022
South Pekin home damaged from fire
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - A South Pekin home sustained damage following a late-morning fire Monday. South Pekin Fire officials say firefighters used the help of two other departments to put out a blaze on S...
Aug 29, 2022 liz west / CC
Indiana woman dead from Woodford County crash
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - An Indiana woman is dead following a weekend accident in Woodford County. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Barbara Smith, 88, of New Haven, Indiana was taken to a Peori...
Aug 29, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Injuries and damage following morning War Memorial Drive accident
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Some traffic tickets have so far been issued in Monday morning's crash during the morning rush on War Memorial Drive in Peoria Heights. Peoria Heights Police say the driver of t...
Aug 29, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
GasBuddy, AAA report declines in average prices again
PEORIA, Ill. - It's well known that gas prices are still well above, say, two years ago, and while we're still a long way from that, price declines are still continuing at the moment. GasBuddy.com say...
Aug 29, 2022 David Wilson / CC
PFT strike authorization vote to be held
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Federation of Teachers is planning a strike authorization vote, even before the second meeting with a federal mediator is held. The union Monday announced a strike authorizat...
Aug 29, 2022 (25 News)
