Category Archives: Local News
Jelani Day's cell phone found, submitted for forensics
Peoria, Ill -- Investigators say they have found a cell phone that belonged to Jelani Day, the missing Illinois State University student found dead back in August. Multiple outlets are reporting confi...
Cooper Banks Nov 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Police: Apparent hit-and-run injures one near downtown Pekin
Peoria, Ill -- We're seeing reports about a potentially serious incident from Friday evening near downtown Pekin. Our news partner 25 news says they talked to a witness who found a woman seriously inj...
Cooper Banks Nov 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
YMCA to join operation of RiverPlex with PPD, OSF
PEORIA, Ill. - A new partner is getting on board with operation of the Peoria RiverPlex at the beginning of the year. Up to now, the Peoria Park District and OSF HealthCare have jointly operated the w...
Will Stevenson Nov 12, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Peoria County Board approves house operating as Airbnb
PEORIA, Ill. - Residents who live near a newly-approved short-term rental property in Chillicothe are likely not happy. Fourty-two of them signed a petition urging the Peoria County Board deny the pro...
Will Stevenson Nov 12, 2021 Peoria County via YouTube
Boy, 10, dies after Tuesday hit-and-run accident
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is confirming the family's worst fears. Troy Erving, 10, was pronounced dead Friday morning, following Tuesday evening's hit-and-run accident on Nort...
Will Stevenson Nov 12, 2021 (Troy Erving's family via 25 News)
OSF Health offers timely tips for controlling holiday sugar intake
Peoria, Ill -- OSF Healthcare is offering some timely tips for diebetics about sugar intake during the holidays. In a Thursday publication called "Navigating Diebetes During the Holidays", OSF endocro...
Cooper Banks Nov 12, 2021
Family: Accident victim is now 'brain dead'
PEORIA, Ill. - The young child allegedly hit by a hit-and-run driver earlier this week is close to losing his life. That's according to Ariel Ivory -- the mother of Troy Erving, 10. Ivory tells our ne...
Will Stevenson Nov 11, 2021 (Troy Erving's family via 25 News)
Lawmakers hear about concerns with health services for veterans
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some Illinois lawmakers are using this week of Veterans Day to hear about the health challenges of men and women in uniform, and how the state can help. At an Illinois House commit...
Will Stevenson Nov 11, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Pekin woman pleads guilty to death of infant daughter
PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin woman has pleaded guilty to a charge of Involuntary Manslaughter stemming from the death of her infant daughter last year. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Angel Va...
Will Stevenson Nov 11, 2021 (Tazewell County Jail)
Pritzker marks Veterans Day in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Thursday took part in Veterans Day ceremonies in Chicago. Pritzker says veterans have given great sacrifices. "That, fundamentally, is the mark of Veteran...
Will Stevenson Nov 11, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service