Category Archives: Local News
Annual walk raises awareness about suicide prevention
PEORIA, Ill. -- Whitney's Walk For Life raises awareness about suicide prevention in Central Illinois. The event, now in it's 19th year, is coming up on Saturday, July 30 at Jubilee State Park. "So, t...
Julia Bradley Jul 06, 2022 (Whitney's Walk For Life--Facebook)
UPDATE: ISP trooper crashes into Creve Coeur gas station
UPDATED 3:50 P.M. CREVE COEUR, Ill. - We're learning more about an accident Wednesday morning about an accident in Creve Coeur involving an Illinois State Police squad car. State troopers are now tell...
Julia Bradley Jul 06, 2022 Courtesy of 25 News
Brookfield Zoo placed on lockdown
CHICAGO, Ill. (FOX News) -- A zoo about 30 miles from Highland Park, Illinois was forced to go into lockdown on Tuesday, after getting word of a potential threat. Police said a woman called a crisis i...
Julia Bradley Jul 06, 2022 Rachel Kramer / CC
Woodford County man charged for alleged sexual acts with teenage girl
GOODFIELD, Ill. -- A Central Illinois man and local campground resident is now accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl. According to 25 News, the suspect is named as Jose Emmett, a man from Good...
Cooper Banks Jul 06, 2022 (Woodford County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
Chief: Important to celebrate Independence Day, even after tragedy
PEORIA, Ill. - It might be easy for a police officer to not want to come to work on a holiday -- let alone one marred by the violence in Highland Park or two homicides in Peoria over the weekend. But ...
Will Stevenson Jul 05, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mother Nature causes issues with fireworks show
PEORIA, Ill. - If you thought things seemed a little different at Monday night's "Red White and Boom" fireworks show in Peoria, you might be right. Fireworks debris caused some problems on the Peoria ...
Will Stevenson Jul 05, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Highland Park shooting suspect admits to deadly attack, prosecutor says
UPDATED: July 6, 2022 1:10 p.m. WAUKEGAN, Ill. (Reuters) - The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens of others at an Independence Day parade outside of Chicago admitted to authoritie...
Will Stevenson Jul 05, 2022 Robert (Bob) E. Crimo III, a person of interest in the mass shooting that took place at a Fourth of July parade route in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. is seen in this still image obtained from a social media video. Robert Crimo/via REUTERS
Teen seriously injured in rural Knox County crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County teenager reportedly suffered the worst injuries in a crash in Knox County Monday morning. Illinois State Police say a car driven by Brittney Thomas, 29, of Galesburg was...
Will Stevenson Jul 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
Autopsy conducted on victim in Peoria's 12th homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says suspicions about the cause of death in a teenager who was shot Monday morning are, for the most part, confirmed. Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy re...
Will Stevenson Jul 05, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Bond set for two of three men arrested after 'ghost gun" discovered Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Bond has been set for two of three people arrested Friday night after a so-called "ghost gun" was seized by Peoria Police. Court records indicate Javion Parker, 20, is being held on $80...
Will Stevenson Jul 05, 2022 Javion Parker, Marquavion Moore, Kaleel Davis (Peoria County Jail)