Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: EV maker Rivian misses quarterly deliveries expectations, shares tank. Click here to read full Rivian statement
UPDATED 6:22 p.m. 1/3/24 (Reuters) -Rivian Automotive posted a sequential fall in fourth-quarter deliveries on Tuesday, and missed market estimates, as tough competition and high interest rates affect...
Jan 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Food on the stove to blame for Peoria apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to Providence Pointe Apartments on Green Street in Peoria Monday night, finding smoke on the first floor and the sprinklers going off. The call came in around 1...
Jan 02, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria bomb squad helps investigate threat turned hoax at Galesburg store
GALESBURG, Ill. - Peoria Police's bomb squad helped a bomb threat in Galesburg result in an all-clear. Galesburg Police Chief Russ Idle says the bomb threat was reported to one of the city's two Hy-Ve...
Jan 01, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria Police investigating early New Years Day shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for suspects after a woman was shot in the foot just after the start of the new year Monday morning. Peoria Police say it happened around 12:10 a.m. near Kerse...
Jan 01, 2024 Midwest Communications
Baby born at home now first baby of 2024 at OSF St. Francis
UPDATED 2:12 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Believed to be the first baby of 2024 in Peoria has been born, but is receiving some important medical care. OSF Saint Francis Medical Center says Marsaiah Travon McGe...
Jan 01, 2024 Marsaiah Travon McGee, Jr. (OSF HealthCare)
UPDATE: East Peoria grad dies in crash in Wisconsin
UPDATED 1/2 4:25 p.m. AUBURNDALE, Wis. - A graduate of East Peoria High School is dead after a car crash in Wisconsin last week. 25 News through sister station WEAU reports Michael Baugh, 25, died las...
Jan 01, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
First Powerball drawing of 2024 to take place Monday night as jackpot nears one billion dollars
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Someone could have millions of reasons to start the new year on a good note. Monday is the next drawing in the multi-state Powerball lottery game. The estimated jackpot is $810 mil...
Jan 01, 2024 (Powerball)
Addiction recovery doctor discusses ketamine and its effects
PEORIA, Ill. - The death of actor Matthew Perry has increased the awareness of a sedative that can be misused. Perry died in October from what was described as acute effects of ketamine, along with he...
Jan 01, 2024 (Carle Health)
Fire damages Peoria home on New Year's Eve. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - An electrical issue is being cited as the cause of a house fire in Peoria's East Bluff area Sunday evening. Peoria Fire says the fire was called in at Thrush and Peoria Avenues at aroun...
Jan 01, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
No winner in final Powerball drawing of 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Someone could start the new year on millions of high notes. No one won Saturday night's Powerball jackpot of $760 million. The jackpot will now grow to an estimated $810 million fo...
Dec 31, 2023 (Powerball)
