Category Archives: Local News
The Peoria City Council is working on changing the city's ordinance regarding tobacco stores and 'vape shops.' Here's what's happening
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council won't issue any more tobacco shop licenses until it figures out some growing problems with those that sell vapes or e-cigarettes. The Council this week voted to ...
Jul 13, 2023 Revival Vape / CC
Peoria County Coroner: Man crushed to death at powder coating facility
MACKINAW, Ill. - A Creve Coeur man is dead after an accident at a powder coating facility. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Bradley Willis, Jr., 42, was pronounced dead at a Peoria hospital ab...
Jul 13, 2023 Andrew Malone / CC
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to re-introduce bill ending the federal death penalty. Here's why
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is re-introducing a bill that would end the death penalty on a federal level. The bicameral "Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2023" was also int...
Jul 13, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Drought on a downward trend in the Peoria-area after latest update
PEORIA, Ill. - Drought is decreasing in the Peoria-area. Thursday's update from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that all of Peoria and Woodford Counties, and nearly all of Tazewell County are at modera...
Jul 13, 2023 (National Weather Service)
Tornadoes touch down near Chicago, disrupting air traffic
(Reuters) -Tornadoes and thunderstorms battered the greater Chicago area on Wednesday, temporarily forcing O'Hare and Midway airports to halt all air traffic, officials said, as tornado sirens echoed ...
Jul 13, 2023 A view of a possible tornado in Westchester, Illinois, U.S., July 12, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Paul Schilmm/WEATHER TRAKER /TMX/via REUTERS
Police talk with people living on boat where dogs were found. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Fon du Lac Park Police say they've spoken with the people living on the boat where seven dogs were found unattended July 5th. One of the dogs was dead and the remaining six we...
Jul 13, 2023 (25 News)
West Peoria honors those who saved lives during the Edgewood Apartments fire
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A number of people are being honored for saving lives during the fire several weeks ago in West Peoria that otherwise destroyed an apartment complex. Police, sheriffs deputies, and...
Jul 12, 2023 (25 News)
Peoria is considering developing a Riverfront Park. Here are the next steps
PEORIA, Ill. - Plans for a new park on Peoria's Riverfront appear to be moving forward. The City Council will hear plans for the park at its July 25th meeting. The proposal plans to add numerous attra...
Jul 12, 2023 (City of Peoria)
As Illinois sets a hotel revenue record, a local tourism expert says success is seen in the Peoria area, too
PEORIA, Ill. - The announcement that state hotel revenues in the 2023 fiscal year set a record that was made the year before the COVID-19 pandemic started is music to one local official's ears. More t...
Jul 12, 2023 (Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau)
A grand jury files charges in several local cases. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County Grand Jury met Tuesday and filed charges in several local cases. Lester Hadsell, 81, West Peoria, is charged with a felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse. Som...
Jul 12, 2023 Lester Hadsell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
