Category Archives: Local News
Two arrested on suspicion of committing vehicle burglaries
PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria residents are jailed on charges accusing them of breaking into vehicles early Wednesday morning. Peoria Police say Rayland Drain, 19, faces charges of Resisting Arrest and Ag...
Aug 23, 2023 Rayland Drain (left) and Isiah Abner (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Peoria woman dies from suffocation, ruled as a homicide; son arrested for murder
UPDATED 3:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria now has recorded fifteen homicides this year - three of them in the last week. That's after Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says he's ruled the death of a l...
Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Candidates announce runs in 2024 for 10th Circuit Judge, Tazewell County Auditor
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people running for two different public offices in the November, 2024 election are announcing their candidacies Wednesday. Samuel Goddard, who claims to own three businesses in Peki...
Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Four Peorians face federal charges accusing them of breaking into gun stores
PEORIA, Ill. - Federal prosecutors say four Peoria residents face charges after allegedly trying to stealing guns from six different stores in six different central Illinois locations. The U.S. Attorn...
Aug 23, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Illinois Department of Transportation and construction company react to Tuesday's crane fire near McClugage Bridge
UPDATED 4:06 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation and the company that owns the crane that caught on fire Tuesday afternoon near the McClugage Bridge are reacting to the ...
Aug 23, 2023 (From Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
As perjury trial draws to close, ex-Madigan aide leans on memory science, wife in defense
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In more than two weeks of his obstruction of justice and perjury trial, one fact about the longtime chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ca...
Aug 23, 2023 Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff for longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Monday. He is standing trial for perjury and obstruction of justice. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Accidental shooting Saturday evening claims life of Marquette Heights teenager
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Marquette Heights teenager died after an accidental shooting Saturday evening. The Peoria County Coroner says Marquette Heights Police and EMS responded at around 9:24 P.M....
Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Peoria shooting leaves man seriously injured Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called to the area of E. Illinois and N. California Avenues Wednesday morning, on reports of a person shot. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says when officers ...
Aug 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Teenager killed in East Bluff shooting identified
UPDATE 8/23 10:20 A.M. - The Peoria County coroner says a 17-year-old boy who was shot Tuesday night in Peoria's East Bluff has died. Jamie Harwood says the teenager was taken to OSF Saint Francis Med...
Aug 22, 2023 Peoria Police confirm a shooting occurred Tuesday, August 22, near Wisconsin and Kansas. (25 News)
UPDATE: Construction crane total loss after Tuesday afternoon fire near McClugage Bridge
UPDATED 7:45 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A crane being used in the construction of the new McClugage Bridge is a total loss after a fire Tuesday afternoon. East Peoria Fire Chief Bobby Zimmerman says cre...
Aug 22, 2023 (Peoria Fire Department via 25 News)
