Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: An investigation continues into a church building collapse in South Peoria. Here's what we know
UPDATED 12:34 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Members of a South Peoria church were still expected to come together to worship Sunday, despite only two walls of their building standing after a collapse Saturday. ...
Jul 30, 2023 This pile of rubble was all that was left Sunday morning of United Fellowship Ministries, after the remaining freestanding parts of the church were demolished. The building mostly collapsed Saturday. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Crews called to South Peoria after church collapses Saturday morning
UPDATED 10:14 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple first responders were on the scene of a church collapse Saturday morning in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the collapse occurred at the United Fellowship M...
Jul 29, 2023 (25 News)
No Mega Millions winner Friday night pushes jackpot over $1 billion for next drawing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - No one won the top prize in Friday night's drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game. That will now push the top prize for the next drawing Tuesday night to $1.05 billi...
Jul 29, 2023 (Mega Millions Consortium)
Severe weather is possible Friday night. Here are the details
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - As if a heatwave wasn't enough, there's some potential severe weather to deal with Friday night. That's according to 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins. "A weak ...
Jul 28, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
State's Attorney: Officers shooting and killing a Stark County suspect was justified. Read the full report here
TOULON, Ill. - The State's Attorney in Stark County says the shooting death of a man back in February by deputies trying to arrest him was justified. That's the finding of a report issued Friday by St...
Jul 28, 2023 Midwest Communications
Pritzker signs bill overhauling mandatory supervised release
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - A new law in Illinois aims to give former inmates a better chance to succeed outside of prison and reduce the likelihood that they'll be sent back. Gov. JB Pritzk...
Jul 28, 2023 (State of Illinois/Illinois.gov)
UPDATE: Arson fire in South Peoria home spreads to second home
UPDATED 5:15 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters now say both homes have to be demolished after a fire in a vacant home spread to the other home. Fire crews responded to the first blaze near Starr...
Jul 28, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470- & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria Fire Department taking extra precautions to keep cool in the extreme heat this week
UPDATED 5:22 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - No matter what the temperatures are, such as the extreme heat gripping central Illinois this week, the job of a firefighter doesn't stop. Temperatures this week have r...
Jul 28, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'Crisis pregnancy centers' could face lawsuits under Illinois' expanded consumer fraud act
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - So-called crisis pregnancy centers can now face lawsuits if they engage in "deceptive acts" aimed at deterring women from seeking abortions under a new law signed by ...
Jul 28, 2023 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul stands with fellow abortion rights advocates on Thursday to celebrate the signing of a bill allowing Illinoisans to sue crisis pregnancy centers that engage in “deceptive acts” aimed at deterring abortions. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
UPDATE: Peoria County's coroner is reporting a heat-related death
UPDATED 12:29 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The heat is to blame for a Peoria woman's death. Coroner Jamie Harwood says Henrietta Moore, 53, had chronic and pre-existing health problems that were exacerbated by...
Jul 28, 2023 Randy Robertson / CC
