Category Archives: Local News
Crews put out Farmington solar panel farm fire
FARMINGTON, Ill. - Authorities in Fulton County say firefighters had to put out a fire at a solar farm. Farmington firefighters say they had to deal with the fire Friday afternoon -- what was called i...
Jun 11, 2023 (Farmington Community Fire Protection District via Facebook)
Fire leads to partial demolition at Peoria business
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to a garage fire at a business in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Warren Street early Saturday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun said crews arri...
Jun 10, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
OSF prepared to meet needs of Illinois Valley patients
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria-based OSF HealthCare is in the process of acquiring "some" of St. Margaret's Health assets, including the hospital in Peru, which closed in January. OSF doesn't say if it will a...
Jun 10, 2023 (25 News)
Juvenile arrested on gun crime as part of Peoria Police Anti-Violence Initiative detail
PEORIA, Ill. - Thirteen people arrested, two guns seized -- one of which stolen -- and 42 traffic stops where drivers got cited or warned. Those are some of the details Peoria Police Chief Eric Echeva...
Jun 09, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 1003 WMBD)
Governor signs Koehler bill creating Underground Railroad task force
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker signed 90 different bills into law Friday, according to the state, and one of them was a bipartisan bill some of Peoria's representatives in the legislature ba...
Jun 09, 2023 (File-25 News)
Appeals court rules in favor of Peoria man convicted of murder
OTTAWA, Ill. - An appellate court has decided that the man convicted in 2015 of killing State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth's stepson, must be allowed to appeal. The Third District Appellate Court...
Jun 09, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Department of Corrections)
More evacuations at "Executive Square Building" in Davenport
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC-TV 6) -- The City of Davenport is continuing to assess damages at 324 Main Street, "The Davenport" and surrounding buildings, and as of Thursday, city officials said an adjacent ...
Jun 09, 2023 (KWQC TV-6)
Planned Parenthood to reopen firebombed Peoria clinic next year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is touting landmark legislation that aims to further protect women's reproductive rights. Giannoulias says House Bill 3326 prohibits ...
Jun 09, 2023 (25 News)
Peorian among five arrested for Urbana vehicle theft
CHENOA, Ill. - Identities haven't been released, but police in McLean County say a resident from Peoria was involved in am armed robbery Wednesday night at an Urbana car dealership. Chenoa Police Chie...
Jun 08, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
UPDATE: Rural Tazewell County farm damaged by fire
UPDATED 7:15 P.M. RURAL WASHINGTON, Ill. - Fire has caused some pretty extensive damage to a rural Tazewell County farm. Washington Fire Battalion Chief Tyler Gee says the fire at Northtown Farms on C...
Jun 08, 2023 (Greg Martha via Twitter/@25NewsWEEK)
