Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Peoria Police report 24th homicide of 2023
UPDATED 5:07 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One person is dead in what Peoria Police says is the city's 24th homicide of the year. Police Monday released details of the incident reported Saturday morning. A man ...
Nov 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Elk reported lost spotted near Springfield
COULTERVILLE, Ill. - Of all the things you expect to see around the Illinois State Capitol, elk might not be one of them. Until now. Authorities believe an elk is making its way through that part of t...
Nov 20, 2023 tpeters11 / CC
Overturned corn stalk bales cause North Peoria traffic tie-up
PEORIA, Ill. - Here's something you don't see every day that caused a traffic obstruction in Peoria: bales of corn stalks. Authorities say the area of University and Pioneer Parkway in North Peoria re...
Nov 20, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Victims in fatal crash near Kickapoo identified
KICKAPOO, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says both people who died as a result of an accident near Kickapoo Friday night died instantly and from severe multiple blunt force trauma injuries. Coroner ...
Nov 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Local gas prices unchanged ahead Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria were unchanged in the past week, averaging $3.41 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of local gas stations. Prices in Peoria are 11.6 a gallo...
Nov 20, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Apartment fire sends three to the hospital in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a Peoria apartment building early Monday morning on reports of a dryer fire. Fire and smoke could be seen coming from the back of the three-story building on...
Nov 20, 2023 D4E / CC
Washington High School football season comes to an end
WASHINGTON, Ill. - What could arguably be considered a legendary high school football coaching career is officially over. Despite home field advantage, the Washington Panthers lost to defending Class ...
Nov 19, 2023 (Washington High School)
'Fallen Tree of Honor' on display at Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - A way to honor those whose lives were lost in battle is once again on display through the holidays at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. The museum is one of three locations in Central Illin...
Nov 19, 2023 (25 News)
State school board weighs increased funding requests ahead of budget season
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Officials at the Illinois State Board of Education say they're receiving more requests for increased funding for next year than the state could possibly aff...
Nov 19, 2023 Illinois Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders listens to public comments during the Illinois State Board of Education’s monthly meeting in Chicago on Nov. 16. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Two dead following two-car crash near Kickapoo -Sheriff
KICKAPOO, Ill. - Both drivers are dead after their cars collided on U-S 150 near Kickapoo Friday night. That's according to Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins, who says the 76-year-old female driver ...
Nov 18, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
