Category Archives: Local News
ISP trooper shot and killed on Chicago expressway
CHICAGO -- An Illinois State Police trooper has died after being shot Friday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago's South Side. ISP Police Director Brandan Kelly said 36-year-old Trooper Ge...
Julia Bradley Oct 02, 2021 (Illinois State Police)
Peoria Civic Center COVID-19 testing site will now also have vaccines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You can now get a COVID-19 vaccine at the same downtown Peoria location you can also get a COVID-19 test. The Illinois Department of Public Health says the Peoria Civic Center park...
Will Stevenson Oct 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria population drops slightly; redraw of City Council districts needed
PEORIA, Ill. - All in all, officials say the City of Peoria fared well in the 2020 Census, though there are some concerns. City officials say they're waiting on some more data, but the population of t...
Will Stevenson Oct 01, 2021 City of Peoria
Fire investigated as intentional
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire officials say they're investigating a morning blaze Friday as intentionally-set. Crews were called to the 2400 block of North Gale just before 7:00 a.m., and immediately saw...
Will Stevenson Oct 01, 2021 Peoria Fire Dept. via Facebook
Suspect surrenders after standoff, one injured
UPDATE 3:12 P.M. Our news partner 25 News reports Chappell is jailed on $150,000 bond on charges of Home Invasion and Aggravated Battery. --------------- UPDATE 12:53 P.M. Peoria Police have identifie...
Julia Bradley Oct 01, 2021 (25 News)
Officials: 20% of active Tri-County COVID-19 cases are young children
PEORIA, Ill. - Local health officials contend that most of the recent cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County area are among those unvaccinated, but it's one age group that may be of the greatest concern....
Will Stevenson Sep 30, 2021 (Peoria City/County Health Department)
South Pekin woman faces federal gun-related charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A South Pekin woman faces federal charges for allegedly lying while buying a gun. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Kristin Sue Jackson, 39, was indicted September 21st and arrested two d...
Will Stevenson Sep 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
North Pekin man faces federal child porn charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A North Pekin man is facing federal child pornography-related charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Larry Daniel Saal, 53, was indicted September 21 on counts of Solicitation of a Mi...
Will Stevenson Sep 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pritzker: no to state incentives for Bears to stay in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - It's not just Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot who doesn't want the Chicago Bears to potentially move games out of the city and Soldier Field, and into the suburbs. Illinois Governor J.B. ...
Will Stevenson Sep 30, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Chillicothe man sentenced to federal prison on methamphetamine charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe man described by prosecutors and a federal judge as "one of the biggest" methamphetamine dealers in the area will be going to prison for the next 20 years. The U.S. Attorn...
Will Stevenson Sep 30, 2021 Adobe Stock