Category Archives: Local News
Man seriously injured in shooting Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was hospitalized after being shot Wednesday night. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called around 11:15 p.m. to W. Thrush on multiple ShotSpotter alerts i...
May 9, 2024
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to deliver keynote address at Tazewell/Peoria County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
PEORIA, Ill. - Republicans in Tazewell and Peoria County are bringing the Speaker of the House to central Illinois. The groups have announced that Mike Johnson will be the keynote speaker at the annua...
May 9, 2024 (Speaker Mike Johnson on Twitter/X)
Shots fired into West Peoria homes overnight. Here's what we know
UPDATE 9:17 A.M. WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County detectives are investigating a shooting incident overnight in West Peoria. Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies responded to reports of shots fired in...
May 9, 2024
Seven residents displaced by Peoria fire Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Fieldstone Drive Wednesday night on reports of a fire. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says when they arrived around 7:50 p.m., crews ...
May 9, 2024 D4E / CC
Baby hit by glass after bullet shatters windshield in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a nine-month-old was hit by shattered glass after a bullet struck the vehicle the baby and its mother were in. Officers were called just after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to S...
May 9, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Komen "More Than Pink" Walk returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's "More Than Pink" Walk returns this weekend, bringing together breast cancer survivors, their families, and friends who've supported their journeys. For many years, the event wa...
May 9, 2024 (File-Susan G. Komen)
Home for young single mothers in central Illinois hosted by Dream Center Peoria opens its doors
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A home for young single mothers needing some assistance with life and their babies is now open in Washington. Dream Center Peoria's Zoe House opened its doors on Tuesday with a ribb...
May 8, 2024 (Dream Center Peoria)
UPDATE: CEFCU says debit card PIN issues fixed
UPDATED 4:09 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - CEFCU says debit card PIN transactions should be back to normal after issues earlier Wednesday. The credit union says the issue was caused by system maintenance perfor...
May 8, 2024 (25 News)
UPDATE: Florida woman identified as victim in fatal crash in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 20-year-old woman from Florida is the victim in a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian crash early Wednesday morning. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the woman was pro...
May 8, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Thousands of youths at risk of losing access to after-school programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Advocates for community-based after-school programs say as many as 40,000 youths statewide could lose access to tutoring services, recreation and other extr...
May 8, 2024 Susan Stanton – ACT Now 240507: Susan Stanton, executive director of the advocacy group ACT Now, leads a rally calling on state lawmakers to provide funding to prevent after-school programs that serve an estimated 40,000 students statewide from being forced to close this summer. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
