Category Archives: Local News
Juvenile suffers non-life threatening injuries after being shot early Thursday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old male suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot early Thursday morning. Peoria Police says officers were dispatched to a local hospital just after 1:00 A.M. o...
Nov 02, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Bradley athletic director reflects on his time as an Indiana basketball player under Bob Knight
PEORIA, Ill. - One of Bob Knight's former players at Indiana says the coach's lasting impact was the compassion he had for his Hoosier players. Knight, who coached the Indiana mens' basketball team fr...
Nov 02, 2023 (Knight Legacy)
Power strip blamed for fire in Peoria's Averyville area
PEORIA, Ill. - A warning about how you use power strips. Peoria Fire says one that was overloaded in a second-floor bedroom caused a fire near Homestead and Madison Avenues in Averyville at 6:50 a.m. ...
Nov 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Concerns continue over planned Bradley University budget cuts
PEORIA, Ill. - Concerns remain over a promised thirteen percent in cuts planned to be made to the operating budget at Bradley University, months after the cuts were first announced amid financial and ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Bradley University)
Fire department funding still a concern on Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - As talks in the Peoria City Council continue over the next city budget, there's one seemingly usual sticking point that's making a comeback: Fire Department staffing. There's no full-ti...
Nov 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Deputy Police Chief to get top job in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - The man leaving the job as Chief of the Pekin Police Department has officially named his successor. That's because Chief John Dossey is also City Manager, and will take on that role perm...
Nov 01, 2023 Deputy Chief Seth Ranney becomes Police Chief on Sunday, November 5. (City of Pekin)
New program at Peoria Fire Department to provide spiritual and emotional support for firefighters
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says firefighters can go through a lot of heavy emotional moments in just a single shift. "A human being generally only experiences four traumatic eve...
Nov 01, 2023 (Peoria Fire Dept.)
No injuries after Tuesday night fire at Mapleton Caterpillar building
MAPLETON, Ill. (25 News) - There were no injuries reported after a duct fire at the Caterpillar Warehouse in Mapleton Tuesday night. 25 News reports the fire happened at around 9:00 P.M. and started o...
Nov 01, 2023 Midwest Communications
Washington intersection considered dangerous will get a rebuild
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A long-planned safety improvement is officially coming for a road in Washington that has seen a considerable number of vehicle accidents - some of them fatal. Nofsinger Road will be...
Oct 31, 2023 (25 News)
US jury finds realtors liable for inflating commissions, awards $1.78 billion damages
(Reuters) -A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages, including units of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, liable to pay $1.78 billion in dam...
Oct 31, 2023 Townhomes line a street in Fairfax, on the morning the National Association of Realtors issues its Pending Home Sales for February report, in Virginia March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing /File Photo
