Category Archives: Local News
AG's report: 51 priests and brothers accused of sexual abuse in Peoria Diocese
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Attorney General's report on sex abuse in the Catholic Church shows a lot of differences between claims made and reality, including in the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. The s...
May 24, 2023 (From Illinois Attorney General report)
Peoria soon will end back-in-only parking downtown
It will be considered a parking violation to back into the spots downtown after the change is made on Fulton Street.
May 24, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
$38M development project approved for Peoria's Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two of the largest undeveloped warehouses in Peoria's Warehouse District are about to get a makeover. The City Council on Tuesday night approved a $38 million development plan for buil...
May 24, 2023 (City of Peoria)
Police investigating armed robbery of postal worker
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a postal worker was robbed at gunpoint Monday. Police say it happened near Ayres and Western Avenues around 12:30 p.m. The postal worker told investigators two juvenil...
May 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Catholic Diocese of Peoria releases statement on IL AG's sex abuse report
PEORIA, Ill. - The Catholic Diocese of Peoria wants sex abuse to end just as much as anyone else. That's according to a statement put out by the diocese Tuesday, after Attorney General Kwame Raoul's r...
May 23, 2023 (Catholic Diocese of Peoria via Facebook)
Illinois Attorney General releases report on child sex abuse by Catholic clergy
CHICAGO, Ill. - A multi-year investigation into child sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Illinois revealed nearly 2,000 children were victims. The 700-page report released Tuesday by Illinois Attorney Ge...
May 23, 2023 (Illinois Attorney General via Facebook)
Pekin Council chooses police chief as interim city manager
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) -- Sharply divided over the dismissal only a week ago of the interim city manager, the Pekin City Council stood as one lavishing praise on Police Chief John Dossey before choosin...
May 23, 2023 (25 News)
Crash on I-74 Monday night closed down westbound traffic
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- The Woodford County Sheriff's Office says two cars and a pickup truck pulling a trailer were involved in a crash that closed down the westbound lanes of I-74 at mile marker 11...
May 23, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Greater Peoria Honor Flight takes off spring version Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Veterans will be taking to the skies on Tuesday from Peoria to Washington D.C. to remember those that served with them. Tuesday is the day the Greater Peoria Honor Flight will be taking...
May 23, 2023 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Local NAACP chapter supports Florida travel ban
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria NAACP chapter says it supports a message that the national organization put out over the weekend discouraging travel to Florida. The national organization issued a travel adv...
May 22, 2023 (NAACP Peoria Branch)
