Category Archives: Local News
Police investigate South Peoria stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - On a day which has seen several people shot in Peoria, now police say one person was stabbed. It happened around 4:15 p.m. Monday near Blaine and Ann in South Peoria. Peoria Police aren...
Oct 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
One injured in afternoon East Bluff shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is injured after an afternoon shooting Monday. Police say a man was hit with at least one of six gunshots near Indiana and Forest Hill around 1:30 p.m. and was taken to the hospit...
Oct 23, 2023 (25 News)
Juveniles arrested in two separate Saturday morning incidents
PEORIA, Ill. - A 16-year-old boy faces almost that many charges after allegedly leading Peoria Police on a chase early Saturday morning in what is believed to be a stolen vehicle. Police say it starte...
Oct 23, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bonnie Raitt, 'Swan Lake' coming to Civic Center in 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - A legendary singer and a world-renown ballet production will be among the productions coming next year to the Peoria Civic Center. The Civic Center says Bonnie Raitt has added Peoria as...
Oct 23, 2023 Lindsey Turner / CC
The Salvation Army needs coats ahead of Christmas sign-ups
PEORIA, Ill. - The Salvation Army is collecting coats for their 38th "Coats for Kids" program. The Corps' Kathy Anderson says they need new and gently used coats for all ages, and the need keeps growi...
Oct 23, 2023 (Salvation Army)
Two shot inside downtown business in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Police were called just after 3 a.m. Monday to Big Al's on SW Jefferson for a shooting. Initially, officers were told a man was shot inside the business and had life-threatening injurie...
Oct 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
UPDATE: Construction worker killed in Monday morning crash in Chillicothe
UPDATED 11:35 A.M. CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A man is dead after being hit by a vehicle Monday morning in Chillicothe. Illinois State Police say a two-vehicle crash happened at Rt. 29 and Hillcrest Drive ju...
Oct 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria home demolished after fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home overnight on S. Webster Street, near McBean, in Peoria. Crews found smoke coming from the two-story home, but no one was inside. Additional crews were...
Oct 23, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATE: Two shot overnight in South Peoria
UPDATED 3:12 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were shot in South Peoria early Monday morning. Peoria Police say the two were hit around 1:00 a.m. on Southwest Jefferson near Leland Street, but both were...
Oct 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
Gun laws, scholarship tax credits, nuclear energy - but not new spending - on table for veto session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - When lawmakers return to the Capitol next week for their annual fall veto session, they have a full agenda, including a handful of vetoes from Gov. JB Pritz...
Oct 22, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
