Category Archives: Local News
Man hospitalized with stab wound in neck
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is in the hospital after being stabbed in the neck early Sunday morning. That's according to Peoria Police. They say they got the call just before 3:30 a.m., when the man was...
Feb 12, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Man shot in head Saturday night at apartment complex
UPDATED 10:34 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A shooting Saturday night near a Peoria apartment complex has left one person injured. It happened just before 7:00 p.m. close to Lexington Hills Apartments on Oakcre...
Feb 12, 2023 Midwest Communications
South Peoria residents opposed to proposed senior housing complex
PEORIA, Ill. - South Peoria residents are less than pleased with what they say is a city proposal to build a senior living complex in their neighborhood. There is no such plan on the City Council's ag...
Feb 12, 2023 (25 News)
CAPITOL RECAP: Pritzker preparing for fifth state budget address
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -- Gov. JB Pritzker's second-term legislative agenda will kick off in earnest next week as he proposes his fifth annual state budget to lawmakers in the Gener...
Feb 12, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Part of Peoria street re-named for retired Manual band director
PEORIA, Ill. - A retired high school band director in Peoria is the latest to receive his own street name in the city. A ceremony was held Friday to rename the area around Ann and Griswold near Manual...
Feb 10, 2023 (City of Peoria)
Bond set in West Peoria homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - Bond has been set at $1.75 million for the Decatur man accused of shooting another Decatur man in the parking lot of a West Peoria gas station last month. Court records indicate a judge...
Feb 10, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
State COVID-19 numbers somewhat even with last week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of new COVID-19 cases in the State of Illinois is a little flat. The Illinois Department of Public Health says there were about 10,200 new cases in the last week -- down...
Feb 10, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
'Tired of being abused:' Watchdog report shows Choate patients forced to handle own excrement
This article was produced for ProPublica's Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois) - Newly released reports from the Illi...
Feb 10, 2023 (Illustration by ProPublica. Source Images: Whitney Curtis for ProPublica and Illinois Department of Human Services Office of the Inspector General case summary)
State Fire Marshal investigating Bartonville fire
BARTONVILLE, Ill. -- A fire in Bartonville Thursday night has displaced the home's residents. Bartonville Fire officials say firefighters arrived just after 5 p.m. at McClure Court. Heavy smoke and fi...
Feb 10, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Officers back on job after fatal shooting, no charges to be filed
UPDATED 4:15 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says a police-involved shooting in Peoria last October was justified. Hoos Friday afternoon released a statement indicating t...
Feb 10, 2023 (From Peoria Police bodycam video)
