Category Archives: Local News
New labor contract official between Peoria Public Library and its workers. Here's what is known
PEORIA, Ill. - A new labor deal is now official between the Peoria Public Library and its workers' union. The union, represented by AFSCME Local 3463, ratified the deal last week, while the library's ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Peoria Public Library)
The community around Mackinaw is remembering Adrian Zehr, one week after his death, with fundraisers and more
MACKINAW, Ill. - The community in and around Mackinaw is remembering the nine-year-old boy who died a week ago in the area of the city's "Mack-a-Fest." There's a GoFundMe page for the family of Adrian...
Jul 21, 2023 Adrian Taylor-Zehr (via 25 News)
It's not in effect until September, but local attorneys react to the implementation of 'cashless bail' after an eight-months-long delay
PEORIA, Ill. - It will still be a couple months before it takes effect, but now that the Illinois Supreme Court has lifted a stay on the implementation of the "cashless bail" portion of the state's "S...
Jul 21, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Jerry Seinfeld to return to the Peoria Civic Center Theater
UPDATED 10:40 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - He's been to town more than once, and he's coming back. The Peoria Civic Center says a comic legend will bring his standup act back to the civic center theater . So, ...
Jul 21, 2023 David Shankbone / CC
A South Peoria home is destroyed by arson. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say a house caught on fire in South Peoria Thursday afternoon, and the cause appears to be arson. Firefighters say they were called to a home on Lincoln Avenue, inbe...
Jul 21, 2023 Midwest Communications
The sentence has been reduced for a woman accused in a fatal DUI accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington woman who was originally sentenced to prison after causing an accident where a man on a bicycle was killed, will not go to prison after all. Peoria County Court records ind...
Jul 20, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2023)
Multiple fights involving juveniles Wednesday night at the Heart of Illinois Fair
PEORIA, Ill. - Police had to break up multiple fights Wednesday night at the Heart of Illinois Fair. Peoria Police says the first fight was reported as a large fight involving juveniles at around 8:45...
Jul 20, 2023 (Heart of Illinois Fair via Facebook)
Drought conditions stay the same in the Peoria-area from the previous week
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - There wasn't much change in drought conditions in the Peoria-area within the past week. The latest U.S Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows that all of Peoria and Woodford ...
Jul 20, 2023 (National Weather Service)
Sunflowers in bloom near Jubilee State Park near Brimfield, but not for much longer
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - The sunflowers are in bloom near Jubilee State Park. Site Superintendent Stuart Whitaker says the flowers bloomed earlier this month. But says there's not much time left to see them ...
Jul 20, 2023 (Jubilee State Park/Illinois Department of Natural Resources)
A former Peorian is charged in Rockford with the murder of a young girl
ROCKFORD, Ill. - A former Peoria resident who is a convicted and registered sex offender is accused of murdering a child. 25 News reports Antonio Monroe, 44, is being charged in Winnebago County with ...
Jul 20, 2023 Antonio Monroe (1470 & 1003 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2010 file photo)
