Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Inmate at Pekin federal prison dies
UPDATE 5:06 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - One inmate at the Pekin federal prison is dead after a fight Monday. The Department of Justice says David Tran, 67, died after what they called a "perceived altercation"...
Nov 06, 2023 Federal Correctional Institute Pekin (Bureau of Prisons)
Caregiver charged with stealing money from elderly person
PEKIN, Ill. - A Creve Coeur woman is accused of stealing from an elderly woman she was tasked with taking care of. Heather White, 33, is facing charges in Tazewell County of Financial Exploitation of ...
Nov 06, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Man pleads guilty to Second Degree Murder, on day First Degree Murder trial was to start
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man pleaded guilty to a charge of Second-Degree Murder, on the day his trial on charges of First-Degree Murder was to start. Peoria County Court records indicate the First-Degr...
Nov 06, 2023 Chazier Johnson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail June 2022)
UPDATE: Academic programs, faculty proposed to be cut at Bradley University. Here's what we know
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about what may be cut or reduced at Bradley University as part of an announced $13 million in cuts. According to an e-mail to Bradley staff, later ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Bradley University)
Fire destroys part of former Kewanee Boiler Corporation plant; teens arrested
KEWANEE, Ill. - What could be considered part of a piece of local history in West Central Illinois was destroyed over the weekend by fire. Police in the Henry County city of Kewanee say two juveniles ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Courtesy Amy Belsky)
Gas prices continue to shrink in central Illinois. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - It's not much compared to last week, but gas prices in central Illinois continue to fall. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded in the Peoria area sits at $3.43/g, ...
Nov 06, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Electrical fire damages Peoria home Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home on E. Frye in Peoria Sunday night. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says around 8:15 p.m., crews found heavy smoke coming from the one-story h...
Nov 06, 2023 D4E / CC
Coroner identifies person who died in fatal crash in Woodford County after trio flees from police
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - The burglary suspect who died in a vehicle crash in Woodford County early Friday morning has been identified. 25 News reports 38-year-old Jazzmon D. Perdue was pronou...
Nov 05, 2023 Midwest Communications
Peoria crews keep garage fire from spreading to nearby home
PEORIA, Il.. - A fire late Friday night damaged a garage and a car inside, but Peoria crews were able to keep the flames from spreading to a nearby home. The fire broke out near the corner of E. Nebra...
Nov 04, 2023 Midwest Communications
Peoria Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign for 2023 underway
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army Tree of Lights three-month campaign began Friday afternoon with a ceremony at Center Court of Northwoods Mall. Money raised from the campaign helps provide foo...
Nov 03, 2023 (Kathy Anderson/Peoria Salvation Army)
