Category Archives: Local News
Beck's location in Peoria Heights now open for business
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A new gas station in Peoria Heights has officially opened its doors. Beck's, located in the 900-block of War Memorial Drive, opened for business for the first time Tuesday. The ...
Feb 27, 2024 Beck's in Peoria Heights. (Beck's Facebook)
Pekin man dies in single-vehicle crash Monday evening
PEKIN, Ill. - A single-vehicle crash in rural Pekin Monday evening claimed the life of a Pekin man. The Tazewell County Coroner's Office says authorities were made aware of the crash at Furrow and Pfa...
Feb 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Audit reveals deficits and revenue losses at Peoria public television station WTVP
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria public television station WTVP operated at a financial loss in its most recent fiscal year. In a recently-released audit of its fiscal year 2023 finances, the station reported op...
Feb 27, 2024 (25 News)
Pritzker touts manufacturing training funding in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker was in Normal Tuesday to call attention to recent state funding for manufacturing training academies - including at Heartland Community College....
Feb 27, 2024 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Normal for an electric vehicle manufacturing training facility at Heartland Community College on February 27th, 2024. (State of Illinois)
Pekin council approves land vacation for new county annex building, but not without controversy
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin City Council Monday discussed at length Tazewell County plans to build an annex to the county's Justice Center. At issue was the vacating of the land the county wants to build ...
Feb 27, 2024 (Pekin City Council document)
As college campus violence increases, local institutions say they have plans in place
PEORIA, Ill. - The last few weeks have seen some incidents of shootings and other violent crimes being reported on college campuses across the country. How local institutions of higher learning deal w...
Feb 27, 2024 (File-25 News)
UPDATE: Sparland teenager identified as victim in Tuesday morning fatal crash north of Chillicothe
UPDATED 5:43 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A student at Illinois Valley Central High School has been identified as the victim in Tuesday morning's fatal crash north of Chillicothe. Peoria County Coroner ...
Feb 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Collins: From potential severe storms, to potential much colder temperatures, all in 24 hours or less
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - It might almost feel like all four seasons of weather Tuesday and into the overnight hours in the Peoria area. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says your area ...
Feb 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Delavan man facing child sex crime charges in Woodford County
EL PASO, Ill. - A Delavan man was arrested this past weekend in Woodford County on alleged child sex crime charges. James Blagg, 36, was arrested by El Paso Police on Saturday after an investigation. ...
Feb 26, 2024 Woodford County mugshot of James Blagg. (Woodford County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Peoria Manual art teacher honored with naming of street after him near the school
PEORIA, Ill. - Former students and family members came together to honor a man who has been described as the "Godfather of Peoria's Talent Shows." On Monday, the corner of Lincoln and Griswold was nam...
Feb 26, 2024 Former Peoria Manual art teacher Larry Hendricks Jr. stands below the street sign that honors him after a ceremony to dedicate it on February 26, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
