Category Archives: Local News
New East Peoria police chief sworn-in at ceremony
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The interim has been dropped from the title of police chief in East Peoria. Dave Catton was approved by City Council on Tuesday night to succeed Rich Brodrick to be the city's new ...
Jul 19, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Local Boy Scout troops are among those going to the National Jamboree
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - More than 60 local youth are on their way to do something they haven't been able to in the last six years. They're on their way to the annual Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. T...
Jul 19, 2023 Local Boy Scouts depart Tuesday from East Peoria for the National Jamboree. ()25 News)
The Heart of Illinois Fair is officially underway
PEORIA, Ill. - We're right in the heart of fair season across Illinois, so it only makes sense that the annual Heart of Illinois Fair is right in there. The fair kicked off Tuesday and runs through Sa...
Jul 19, 2023 (File-Midwest Communications)
A local agency helping victims of violence may have to close soon. Here's why
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Community Against Violence organization says it may have to shutter if it doesn't get more financial and community support. The agency may have to close at the end of Novembe...
Jul 18, 2023 (Peoria Police Department via Facebook)
A grand jury indicts a man for Peoria's 11th homicide of 2023. Here's what happened
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has filed formal charges against the man accused of Peoria's 11th homicide of the year. A grand jury Tuesday filed two counts of Murder, and one count each of...
Jul 18, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State officials, organizations, and lawmakers react to Illinois Supreme Court ruling on cashless bail
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Lawmakers and organizations across the state reacted to the Illinois Supreme Court's ruling Tuesday that eliminating cash bail is constitutional. The justices ruled 5-2 along parti...
Jul 18, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
A Hanna City man goes to prison for seriously injuring a child. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - He was supposed to go to trial Monday; but instead, a Hanna City man will go to prison after pleading guilty to severely injuring his then-two-month-old child. Peoria County Circuit Cou...
Jul 18, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man injured after shooting early Tuesday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A shooting from early Tuesday morning in Peoria left a man injured. 25 News reports officers were sent to University and Hanssler at around 2:45 A.M. on reports of a man shot....
Jul 18, 2023 Midwest Communications
A local judge will retire, and will be replaced temporarily by a retired judge
PEORIA, Ill. - A retired area judge will, at least temporarily, take the place of a retiring area judge. The Illinois Supreme Court and Justice Lisa Holder White say Judge Kevin Lyons - a former longt...
Jul 18, 2023 Judge Kevin Lyons (File-25 News)
UPDATE: Cash bail will end in Illinois as justices rule SAFE-T Act provisions constitutional. Read the full decision here
UPDATED 5:47 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A landmark criminal justice reform that eliminates cash bail in Illinois is constitutional, the state's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, pavin...
Jul 18, 2023 (Illinois Supreme Court)
