Category Archives: Local News
Fire department funding still a concern on Peoria City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - As talks in the Peoria City Council continue over the next city budget, there's one seemingly usual sticking point that's making a comeback: Fire Department staffing. There's no full-ti...
Nov 2, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Deputy Police Chief to get top job in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - The man leaving the job as Chief of the Pekin Police Department has officially named his successor. That's because Chief John Dossey is also City Manager, and will take on that role perm...
Nov 1, 2023 Deputy Chief Seth Ranney becomes Police Chief on Sunday, November 5. (City of Pekin)
New program at Peoria Fire Department to provide spiritual and emotional support for firefighters
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says firefighters can go through a lot of heavy emotional moments in just a single shift. "A human being generally only experiences four traumatic eve...
Nov 1, 2023 (Peoria Fire Dept.)
No injuries after Tuesday night fire at Mapleton Caterpillar building
MAPLETON, Ill. (25 News) - There were no injuries reported after a duct fire at the Caterpillar Warehouse in Mapleton Tuesday night. 25 News reports the fire happened at around 9:00 P.M. and started o...
Nov 1, 2023 Midwest Communications
Washington intersection considered dangerous will get a rebuild
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A long-planned safety improvement is officially coming for a road in Washington that has seen a considerable number of vehicle accidents - some of them fatal. Nofsinger Road will be...
Oct 31, 2023 (25 News)
US jury finds realtors liable for inflating commissions, awards $1.78 billion damages
(Reuters) -A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages, including units of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, liable to pay $1.78 billion in dam...
Oct 31, 2023 Townhomes line a street in Fairfax, on the morning the National Association of Realtors issues its Pending Home Sales for February report, in Virginia March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing /File Photo
UPDATE: Man faces charges for shooting of Illinois State Trooper in Springfield
UPDATED 6:11 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Chicago man described as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend there, is now facing attempted murder charges for the shooting of an Il...
Oct 31, 2023 An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria Fire Chief suggests homeowners keep up maintenance on chimneys as cold weather arrives
PEORIA, Ill. - In the wake of fire damaging a chimney in Peoria's East Bluff from the past weekend, the head of Peoria's Fire Department is offering advice to prevent a similar fate from occurring in ...
Oct 31, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to PPP loan fraud
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man received a probation sentence of three years in a federal court Monday for making false statements relating to the federal Paycheck Protection Program. 25-year-old Andre K....
Oct 31, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Cleanup in East Peoria after train freight cars derail Monday evening
EAST PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Crews are cleaning up in East Peoria after three freight cars derailed Monday evening. 25 News reports the derailment occurred under the Meadow Avenue overpass, spilling ...
Oct 31, 2023 (25 News)
