Category Archives: Local News
Pekin school bus involved in Monday crash
PEORIA, Ill. -A Pekin school bus was hit, with kids on board, Monday afternoon. The crash happened just after 3 p.m. at S. 9th and Washington Streets. A BMW hit the bus on its side, then careened off,...
Oct 03, 2023 (25 News) A dark BMW wedged into a curb at S. 9th and Washington Streets in Pekin after hitting a school bus.
One person displaced after fire at Central Peoria apartment building Monday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Residents of an apartment building in Central Peoria had to evacuate after a fire Monday afternoon in one of the apartments. Peoria Fire crews responded to the Oak Woods Apartments, jus...
Oct 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470- & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pronounced dead at rural Mapleton lake
MAPLETON, Ill. - A man is dead after he was found floating in a Peoria County lake. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies and the Department of Natural Resources went to a lake in rural Ma...
Oct 02, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois Central College program fills need for solar energy jobs in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College President Doctor Sheila Quirk-Bailey is having solar energy panels installed on the roof of her house this week. And those doing the work of installing those pa...
Oct 02, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Three teens arrested after 'accidental' shooting Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers were arrested after Peoria Police say one of them accidentally fired a gun over the weekend. Police say it happened around 9:00 Friday night on West Warwick near Big Hol...
Oct 02, 2023 Midwest Communications
Man accused of firing gun, running from police
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed after he allegedly opened fire early Saturday morning, then tried to run from police. Peoria Police say the shooting happened before 5:30 Saturday on West John H....
Oct 02, 2023 Etrrec Walker (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bicyclist dead after being hit by truck -Police
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is dead after an accident in South Peoria Sunday evening. Peoria Police say it happened around 6:30 p.m. near Western and Garden. A truck is believed to have hit a bicyclist ...
Oct 02, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria teen, one of six shot in late-August incident, dies
PEORIA, Ill. - One of six people injured in what was considered a mass shooting in Peoria more than a month ago has died. That's according to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood, who says Antonio Walk...
Oct 02, 2023 A large police presence late Aug. 30, 2023 outside OSF St. Francis Medical Center where six shooting victims were hospitalized. (25 News)
Small drop in prices seen at the pump in the Peoria area. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices are trickling down in central Illinois. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded in the Peoria-area is $3.72/g, a 2.2 cent drop in the past week. The averag...
Oct 02, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Fallen East Peoria Firefighters remembered Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Though their deaths were decades ago, the East Peoria Fire Department on Sunday honored the memory of four who died in the line of duty, the most recent of which was in 1980...
Oct 02, 2023 (25 News--from East Peoria Firefighers Memorial Service Sunday, October 1, 2023.)
