Category Archives: Local News
Gas prices in Peoria area continue to fall into new year. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in central Illinois continue to fall as the calendar turns to 2024, and an average inching closer to under $3/gallon. GasBuddy's latest survey of stations in the Peoria area ...
Jan 2, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Man rescued overnight from woods near Mapleton
MAPLETON, Ill. - First responders were called to a wooded area of Lake Camelot early Tuesday morning after an intoxicated man called 9-1-1, saying he was in the woods and couldn't get out. Firefighter...
Jan 2, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
UPDATE: EV maker Rivian misses quarterly deliveries expectations, shares tank. Click here to read full Rivian statement
UPDATED 6:22 p.m. 1/3/24 (Reuters) -Rivian Automotive posted a sequential fall in fourth-quarter deliveries on Tuesday, and missed market estimates, as tough competition and high interest rates affect...
Jan 2, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Food on the stove to blame for Peoria apartment fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to Providence Pointe Apartments on Green Street in Peoria Monday night, finding smoke on the first floor and the sprinklers going off. The call came in around 1...
Jan 2, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria bomb squad helps investigate threat turned hoax at Galesburg store
GALESBURG, Ill. - Peoria Police's bomb squad helped a bomb threat in Galesburg result in an all-clear. Galesburg Police Chief Russ Idle says the bomb threat was reported to one of the city's two Hy-Ve...
Jan 1, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Peoria Police investigating early New Years Day shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for suspects after a woman was shot in the foot just after the start of the new year Monday morning. Peoria Police say it happened around 12:10 a.m. near Kerse...
Jan 1, 2024 Midwest Communications
Baby born at home now first baby of 2024 at OSF St. Francis
UPDATED 2:12 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Believed to be the first baby of 2024 in Peoria has been born, but is receiving some important medical care. OSF Saint Francis Medical Center says Marsaiah Travon McGe...
Jan 1, 2024 Marsaiah Travon McGee, Jr. (OSF HealthCare)
UPDATE: East Peoria grad dies in crash in Wisconsin
UPDATED 1/2 4:25 p.m. AUBURNDALE, Wis. - A graduate of East Peoria High School is dead after a car crash in Wisconsin last week. 25 News through sister station WEAU reports Michael Baugh, 25, died las...
Jan 1, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
First Powerball drawing of 2024 to take place Monday night as jackpot nears one billion dollars
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Someone could have millions of reasons to start the new year on a good note. Monday is the next drawing in the multi-state Powerball lottery game. The estimated jackpot is $810 mil...
Jan 1, 2024 (Powerball)
Addiction recovery doctor discusses ketamine and its effects
PEORIA, Ill. - The death of actor Matthew Perry has increased the awareness of a sedative that can be misused. Perry died in October from what was described as acute effects of ketamine, along with he...
Jan 1, 2024 (Carle Health)
