Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Juvenile hit when shots were fired near Manual High. Here's what we know
UPDATE: 10:42 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- One of three juveniles shot at on their way to school Thursday morning near Manual High School was apparently hit in the leg. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says th...
Nov 09, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire destroys Peoria home Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire near the corner of N. Missouri and Ravine Wednesday night in Peoria. Crews were called to the scene around 5:50 p.m., finding flames coming from ...
Nov 09, 2023 D4E / CC
Helping children staying at the hospital through education
PEORIA, Ill. - It can be difficult enough to see your child undergo a hospital stay, especially with a major medical issue. But OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois has been trying to make it easier, b...
Nov 08, 2023 Ellie Schwab, 9, shows off a miniature human heart she helped make during a "National STEAM Day" activity at OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rolling Acres Middle School placed on brief lockdown after shots fired in area
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating shots fired from Wednesday afternoon that placed Rolling Acres Middle School on a brief lockdown. A PPD spokeswoman says officers responded to the area o...
Nov 08, 2023 Midwest Communications
Peoria Heights hires new chief for fire department. Here's what we know
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria Heights has chosen a new leader for its fire department. 25 News reports Dan Decker will take over the role after the resignation of the previous full-time chie...
Nov 08, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Victim of fatal motorcycle crash Tuesday in East Peoria identified
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Tazewell County authorities have identified the victim from a fatal motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon in East Peoria. Coroner Charles Hanley says 40-year-old Bobbie Neltner of Was...
Nov 08, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Inside Illinois' youth lockups, children go without basic services and face "excessive" punishments
(Capitol News Illinois) - In late December, a teenage boy with a broken arm was left to suffer alone in his cell at a youth lockup in rural southern Illinois. Staff were aware he'd been seriously inju...
Nov 08, 2023 A 2022 state audit identified the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center in Benton, Illinois, as a “facility in crisis.” (Julia Rendleman for ProPublica)
State police still drafting assault weapons registration rules as deadline nears
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Officials at the Illinois State Police said Tuesday they are working to finalize rules for registering assault weapons and other items that are now tightly ...
Nov 08, 2023 Illinois State Police Capt. Jeffrey Yenchko, left, and special counsel Suzanne Bond answer questions before the legislative Joint Committee on Administrative Rules about rules being developed to govern the registration of assault weapons. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Peoria Fire working to reinstate dedicated rescue squad
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria's fire department is set to get some extra cash flow in hopes of reinstating its rescue squad. This comes as the city debates its budget for the next two years. The fir...
Nov 08, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arson to blame for residential fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called Tuesday night to a home on S. Matthew for a working fire. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says just after 9:30 p.m., crews found heavy fire and black sm...
Nov 08, 2023 (25 News)
