Category Archives: Local News
State reports COVID-19 outbreak at veterans home
(Capitol News Illinois) - Health experts warn respiratory illnesses are still circulating, even as numbers trend down after a brief post-holiday surge. Outbreaks of COVID-19, Flu, and RSV have been re...
Jan 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Bradley University receives grant funding for building improvements on campus
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University is receiving grant money for improvements to two buildings on campus. The university announced on Wednesday it has received more than $14.8 million in capital grants ...
Jan 24, 2024 (File-25 News)
Man indicted by grand jury for allegedly firing shots that led to fatal accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a man accused of causing a shooting that also involved a man dying after accidentally being run over by a car. Court records indicate Demetrius D...
Jan 24, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bloomington ECHL team receives name and mascot
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The newest hockey team in central Illinois has a name and a mascot. The city of Bloomington and the ECHL announced on Wednesday that the previously announced 30th franchise to ente...
Jan 24, 2024 (Grossinger Motors Arena)
Thousands come to Peoria with big economic impact for annual music educators conference
PEORIA, Ill. - Thousands involved in music from across Illinois are meeting in Peoria this week for an annual conference. From Wednesday through Saturday, the Peoria Civic Center will host the Illinoi...
Jan 24, 2024 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: One dead after standoff with Canton Police
UPDATED 3:54 P.M. CANTON, Ill. - One person is dead after what turned out to be a daylong standoff Tuesday in Fulton County. 25 News reports Canton Police were attempting to serve search and arrest wa...
Jan 24, 2024 (25 News)
UPDATED: Machine shed, equipment on Hanna City farm a total loss
Updated 8:18 p.m. HANNA CITY, Ill. - A machine shed on a farm in Hanna City caught on fire Wednesday morning, causing a big fire response. Firefighters from Logan-Trivoli and seven other departments h...
Jan 24, 2024 (25 News)
Bartonville man arrested in Peoria early Wednesday morning after burglary reports
PEORIA, Ill. - A Bartonville man was arrested after multiple reports of burglaries early Wednesday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police say the first call came in just after 12:15 A.M. in the area of Sher...
Jan 24, 2024 Raygan Cross Mugshot Photo (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Icy roads cause several accidents in Peoria and East Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Icy conditions Wednesday morning led to several accidents, one involving a school bus and a garbage truck, leaving several cars in the ditch on Cedar Hills Drive, at Bristol Hollow Road....
Jan 24, 2024 State Farm / CC
Illinois man who shot 8 people to death was family to most of his victims
(Reuters) - A man who fatally shot eight people in Illinois over the weekend before taking own life as law enforcement closed in on him in Texas was a family relative to most of his victims, but his m...
Jan 24, 2024 Romeo Nance, sought by the Joliet Police Department as a suspect in the shooting deaths of seven people in two homes, poses in an undated photograph released by investigators in Joliet, Illinois, U.S. Joliet Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
