Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Auto body shop near Chillicothe destroyed by fire. Here's what we know
UPDATED 9:24 a.m. 1/20/24 ROME, Ill. - A fire has destroyed a longtime autobody business near Chillicothe. Crews from five departments fought the blaze in the bitter cold starting prior to 4:00 p.m. F...
Jan 19, 2024 A fire that started late-Friday afternoon, January 19, destroyed A-Plus Auto Body in Rome. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: One hurt as East Bluff fire causes damage to home
UPDATED 3:55 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in Peoria's East Bluff area is believed to have done some damage, but not caused any serious injuries. Fire officials say there was some heavy smoke when they f...
Jan 19, 2024 (25 News)
UPDATE: PPD squad car involved in one of two crashes on I-74 near downtown -State Police
UPDATED 1:43 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police say two crashes occurred around the same time on Interstate 74 near downtown Peoria - one of which involved a Peoria Police squad car. Troopers s...
Jan 19, 2024 An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Peoria's main routes in good condition, Snowfighters move into residential areas
Updated 8:20 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's main roads for the most part are in good shape as of 8 a.m. Friday morning. Peoria Public Works' Nick McMillion says the Snowfighters are moving into the resi...
Jan 19, 2024 Peoria snowplow on the streets following the first real snow storm of 2024. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--TJ Carson)
Pritzker touts early successes of more early childhood program funding in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - It's only a year old, but Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the "Smart Start" initiative making funding investments and changes that will help children birth to age five is wor...
Jan 18, 2024 Governor JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speak about the "Smart Start" initiative at Peoria Heights Grade School January 18, 2024 (State of Illinois video screenshot)
'Catholic Post' to cease publication; diocese cites several problems
PEORIA, Ill. - A longtime publication of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria is coming to an end. Bishop Louis Tylka says the Catholic Post will cease publication in the coming month. 25 News reports accor...
Jan 18, 2024 Bishop Louis Tylka blesses a stole worn by Father Jacques Marquette while on expeditions to the Illinois River (File-T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man convicted of 2021 murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been convicted of shooting and killing a man and injuring three others on the Fourth of July in 2021. Peoria County Court records indicate a jury Thursday deliberated f...
Jan 18, 2024 Eric Jackson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
City: Work to start making Adams and Jefferson two-way streets will begin in March. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - A long-talked-about project in Peoria is finally close to beginning. The City of Peoria says work will begin in March to convert Adams and Jefferson from one-way to two-way streets. The...
Jan 18, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Patchwork aid system and uncertain funding leave thousands of migrants in limbo
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - As Illinois faces sub-zero wind chills, thousands of recently arrived migrants are sleeping in precarious situations throughout Chicago and its suburbs - overcrowded ...
Jan 18, 2024 Pictured is the first building many migrants step into when they arrive in Chicago, the city’s “landing zone” facility. It’s nearly empty after bus transports from Texas were paused and migrants were moved to the city’s main library during a winter storm with dangerously low temperatures. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Resident escapes S. Peoria fire. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a South Peoria home Wednesday night. Crews arrived just after 9:30 p.m., finding smoke coming from the home on W. Ann Street, near S. Laramie. A resident of ...
Jan 18, 2024 Midwest Communications
