Category Archives: Local News

PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the Schlarman House apartments on NE Madison around 9:15 Wednesday night. Fire was found in a second-floor apartment with the sprinklers going off. I...

FULTON COUNTY, Ill. -- National Weather Service survey teams spent Wednesday surveying tornado damage in several Fulton county communities. The preliminary findings indicated a tornado on the ground f...

PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new method in place to try and combat a growing problem in the city of Peoria and Peoria County: carjackings. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias came to Peoria Wednesday to ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - Damage in Fulton County from Tuesday night's severe weather is still as bad as anticipated -- but, thankfully, no loss of life. That is according to the latest update from the Fu...

PEKIN, Ill. - Government bodies in Tazewell County will be seeing some turnover. The only contested race in Morton was on the school board where four candidates fought for three four-year seats. All o...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Firefighters responded Wednesday morning to a fire in a detached garage on Esser Street, near Pleasant and Loren Streets, in East Peoria. East Peoria Fire Chief Bobby Zimmerman sa...

PEORIA, Ill. - Incumbents on the Peoria Heights Village Board held off a tight race from their only challenger. Elizabeth Khazzam, Sarah DeVore, and Brandon Wisenburg all won re-election. Challenger M...

PEORIA, Ill. - The three incumbent Peoria City Council At-Large members won another term in Tuesday's consolidated elections. John Kelly, Kiran Velpula, and Zach Oyler were among the top five vote-get...

PEKIN, Ill. - A lot of attention to her candidacy ended up being not enough for Pekin City Council member, and interim Mayor, Becky Cloyd.

DUNLAP, Ill. - The incumbents received the most votes in the Dunlap School Board race Tuesday. Eight candidates battled for four four-year seats. Tim Wagenbach and Theresa Holshouser won re-election w...