Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: One man is dead after police-involved shooting in West Peoria
UPDATED 7/22 4:30 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting incident Sunday afternoon in West Peoria. Peoria Police says four officers responded to a call regarding a violen...
Jul 21, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Record $11.6-million raised during St. Jude Telethon
PEORIA, Ill. - The 47th annual St. Jude Telethon on WEEK-TV has raised a record amount of money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The telethon signed off late Saturday night with $11,659,...
Jul 21, 2024 Photo: 25 News via Facebook
"Person of interest" in custody in Peoria shooting investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating an alleged shooting incident in South Peoria. One man with an apparent gunshot wound was located by officers as they responded to the area of Millman and...
Jul 21, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Canton girl reported missing found safe
CANTON, Ill. - A two-year-old Canton girl has been found safe, nearly ten hours after she was reported missing. Canton Police Chief Mike Eveland says Chloe Russell was found in an upstairs bedroom of ...
Jul 20, 2024 25 News
Landlord's attorney refutes allegations outlined in federal civil right suit
PEORIA, Ill. - The attorney for a Washington landlord named in a federal civil rights lawsuit claims the allegations against his client are - in his word - "bogus." The lawsuit, filed in federal court...
Jul 20, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Alleged business burglary nets two arrests
PEORIA, Ill. - Police responding to a reported burglary in South Peoria arrested two people. Peoria police spokesperson Simone Roth said the suspects, a male and female, attempted to run from officers...
Jul 20, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Local reaction to CrowdStrike computer outage: "Somebody dropped the ball"
PEORIA, Ill. - It could be weeks before the exact reasoning behind a global computer system outage is known, but now fixes are being put into place. Banks, businesses, airlines, hospitals and airlines...
Jul 19, 2024 Travelers wait for their flights near monitors displaying blue error screens, also known as the "Blue Screen of Death" inside Terminal C in Newark International Airport, after United Airlines and other airlines grounded flights due to a worldwide tech outage caused by an update to Crowdstrike's "Falcon Sensor" software which crashed Microsoft Windows systems, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Satellite runs across Illinois help support Memphis to Peoria St. Jude run fundraising efforts
PEORIA, Ill. - Each summer, runners from central Illinois journey down to Memphis, Tenn. for the St. Jude Runs, running 465 miles back to Peoria and raising money for the St. Jude Children's Research ...
Jul 19, 2024 Runners for the St. Jude Marshall County to Peoria run cross the Lacon Bridge. (St. Jude Marshall County to Peoria Run Facebook)
Global tech outage is effecting some flights at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. - In the wake of a global tech outage early Friday morning, some flights in and out of Peoria International Airport are experiencing delays. A few early flights Friday morning to Punta Go...
Jul 19, 2024 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Pekin woman charged with first-degree murder in baby's death
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police have arrested a woman allegedly responsible for the death of a 10-month-old baby. The suspect, 21-year-old Makenna Rhodes, was booked into the Tazewell County Jail Thursday ...
Jul 19, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
