Category Archives: Local News
Changing of clocks prompts reminder from Peoria Fire Chief to check smoke detectors
PEORIA, Ill. - The chief of the Peoria Fire Department says people should change more than their clocks at the end of Daylight Saving Time this weekend. Shawn Sollberger says people should also change...
Nov 03, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
One person dead after fatal crash in Woodford County as vehicle fled from police
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is dead after a vehicle fleeing from police crashed in Woodford County early Friday morning. Peoria Police says officers responded to a business burglary alarm in the area of...
Nov 03, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Former developers of Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria found guilty of fraud
UPDATED 5:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The former developers of the Hotel Pere Marquette have been found guilty of fraud in a federal court. 81-year-old Gary Matthews of East Peoria was found guilty on five...
Nov 03, 2023 (25 News)
Load limits reduced on Cedar Street Bridge. Here's what we know
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - You'll need to have a lighter load now on the Cedar Street Bridge. The Illinois Department of Transportation says load limits reductions are in place, effective Friday, for the bri...
Nov 03, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Dream Center looking to obtain rural Tazewell County house to assist young mothers in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Dream Center is looking to fill a need that its executive director says is increasing in central Illinois. Andy King says there's a growing need to provide a place for young mothers who...
Nov 03, 2023 (Dream Center Peoria Facebook)
Peoria Zoo mourns male lion "Arthur" after illness
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo's male lion, Arthur, died on Thursday. Zoo Director Yvonne Strode says Arthur was diagnosed earlier this year with lymphoma, and over the last week, his quality of life d...
Nov 03, 2023 Peoria Zoo's male lion Arthur died Thursday, November 2, after being diagnosed with lymphoma earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of Peoria Zoo)
Rivian workers evacuated from workspaces after fire Thursday night
NORMAL, Ill. (25 News) - About 300 employees at Rivian Automotive in Normal were evacuated to another part of the building because of a fire in a trash compactor Thursday night. The fire was reported ...
Nov 03, 2023 (25 News)
Carle Health to offer voluntary severance packages to some employees
URBANA, Ill. (25 News) - Urbana-based Carle Health, which finalized a merger with UnityPoint Health in Peoria earlier this year, wants to reduce its workforce to cut costs. "Voluntary separation" agre...
Nov 03, 2023 (Carle Health)
Illinois Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Peoria County Auditor's bid to stay in office
PEORIA, Ill. - The latest attempt by ousted Peoria County Auditor Jessica Thomas to stay in office until what would have been the end of her term has been denied. 25 News reports the Illinois Supreme ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Peoria County)
Gun rights advocates question proposed assault weapons registration rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Police are facing pushback from gun rights advocates over proposed rules requiring owners of certain firearms to register them before the...
Nov 02, 2023 Gregory Magnuson, an Illinois resident, testifies at a public hearing Thursday in Springfield in opposition to proposed rules that would require owners of certain kinds of firearms to register them with the Illinois State Police to be able to legally keep them. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
