Category Archives: Local News
Rossi faces more federal charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Pekin-based Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi is in more trouble with federal law. A federal grand jury Wednesday charged Rossi with six counts of Mail Fraud. That's in addition to the three...
Will Stevenson Jul 08, 2022 (25 News)
Federal money could help upgrade Peoria 911 system
PEORIA, Ill. - Congressman Darin LaHood says he's trying to help Peoria's 911 emergency communications center get funding to upgrade their equipment. LaHood wants $2 million in funding to improve the ...
Will Stevenson Jul 08, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Outgoing sheriff talks more about stepping down
PEORIA, Ill. - In short, now-former Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell says he needed to step down -- if for no other reason than his own mental health. Asbell says contention in recent years with the...
Will Stevenson Jul 08, 2022 (25 News)
Former Peoria City Council candidate arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - A former candidate for Peoria City Council has been arrested on a charge of domestic violence. 25 News reports it happened Thursday afternoon at Twin Towers Plaza downtown. Aaron Chess,...
Will Stevenson Jul 08, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
NAACP upset with City Council vote against "Cure Violence" funding
PEORIA, Ill. - A vote by the City Council against the "Cure Violence" initiative is a vote against violence prevention, and against Mayor Rita Ali's efforts in that regard. That's according to Peoria ...
Will Stevenson Jul 08, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria County Sheriff officially resigns
UPDATED 1:20 p.m. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell has notified the Peoria County Board and County Clerk of his intent to resign as Peoria County Sheriff. The resignation took...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2022 (Peoria County)
Justice Lisa Holder-White joins Illinois Supreme Court
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The first black woman to sit on the Illinois Supreme Court was sworn in Thursday. After taking the oath at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, new ...
Julia Bradley Jul 08, 2022
Man charged with driving stolen car through Bloomington airport gate
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - A Central Illinois man faces a host of charges stemming from him allegedly driving his car through a fence at the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. Stephon Carter, ...
Will Stevenson Jul 07, 2022 (McLean County Jail via 25 News)
Campground employee pleads not guilty to felony sex charges
EUREKA, Ill. - A Woodford County man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of having sex with a 14-year-old girl at a local campground. 25 News reports Jose Emmett, 25, made the plea to charg...
Will Stevenson Jul 07, 2022 (Woodford County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
Man pleads not guilty in Peoria homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man charged with First-Degree Murder for the city's ninth homicide has entered a not guilty plea in the case. Court records indicate 34-year-old Stephen Coaxum's attorney also ...
Will Stevenson Jul 07, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)