Category Archives: Local News
Pekin to soon interview candidates to fill vacancy on city council
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - The Pekin City Council could be whole again next month. Mayor Mary Burress tells 25 News that eleven candidates have applied to fill the position that Becky Cloyd vacated last ...
Dec 07, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arson cited as cause of Thursday morning fire at vacant house in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire says arson is being cited as the cause of a fire at a vacant home Thursday morning in South Peoria. Crews arrived at a house in the area of Laramie and Latrobe just after 8:...
Dec 07, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Child murder trial to begin Monday with judge issuing rulings on some witness testimony
PEORIA, Ill. - The murder trial of one of two people charged in the death early last year is still scheduled to go to trial starting Monday, now that some final issues have been decided. Brandon Walke...
Dec 06, 2023 Brandon Walker (25 News)
Woman pleads guilty to animal cruelty
PEORIA, Ill. - A Princeville woman has pleaded guilty to charges accusing her of mistreatment of animals, almost two weeks before she was to go to trial. Court records indicate Stacy Mueller, 42, plea...
Dec 06, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Comcast to raise prices for its Xfinity programs
(Reuters) - Comcast is raising prices for its Xfinity program, the media giant said on Wednesday, as it looks to offset high programming costs. Xfinity provides video, broadband and phone services. Bl...
Dec 06, 2023 Small toy figures with laptops and smartphones are seen in front of displayed Comcast logo, in this illustration taken December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Bradley students hold another protest over proposed cuts to programs and faculty
PEORIA, Ill. - As a final decision looms regarding cuts to programs and faculty at Bradley University, a small group of students are making their voices heard to try and save them. A protest at Main a...
Dec 06, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'Summer Camp' officially becomes 'Solshine'
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - The Summer Camp music festival has, after 22 years, officially become a different music festival that will also focus on the arts. Jay Goldberg Events says what they are calling "S...
Dec 06, 2023 (Jay Goldberg Events)
Teen accused of shooting Manual student on way to school enters plea following grand jury indictment
PEORIA, Ill. - A teen being tried as an adult for allegedly shooting a Manual High School student on his way to school has pleaded not guilty. Peoria County Court records indicate Jimichael Brown, 16,...
Dec 06, 2023 Midwest Communications
McDonald's plots rapid growth with 10,000 new stores
(Reuters) -McDonald's is planning to open about 10,000 restaurants globally by 2027, in what could be the fast-food giant's fastest period of growth in its history, it said on Wednesday. The company a...
Dec 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Deliveroo rider stands beside a bicycle outside a McDonald's restaurant in London, Britain, December 10, 2021. Picture taken December 10, 2021. REUTERS/May James/File Photo
For at least 6 months, state failed to act on Carlinville funeral director that mishandled remains
CARLINVILLE, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - State regulators allowed a Carlinville funeral director to operate for months despite a complaint filed by a local coroner who found a decomposing body in h...
Dec 06, 2023 Heinz Funeral home – whose director, Albert August “Gus” Heinz, agreed to a permanent revocation of his state funeral director license in October – is pictured in Carlinville. The revocation came at least six months after a local coroner complained to the state about conditions at the home that were “unacceptable and criminal in nature.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Beth Hundsdorfer)
