Category Archives: Local News
Teenager arrested for stabbing another teen in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 13-year-old was arrested after allegedly stabbing another teenager on Tuesday in South Peoria. Peoria Police says officers responded just before 1:00 P.M. to the area of Wiswall and L...
Jul 15, 2026
UPDATE: Two arrested in connection to death of man found in freezer in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATED 4:42 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A pair of arrests have been made in connection to the death of a man found in a Peoria East Bluff home. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 26-year-old Po...
Jul 15, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Civic Center: Disney's The Lion King returning next year
PEORIA, Ill. - The American Theatre Guild is announcing that Disney's The Lion King is making its long-anticipated return to Peoria at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater at Peoria Civic Center during t...
Jul 15, 2026 Peter Hargrave as Scar & David D'Lancy Wilson as Mufasa. The Lion King. ©Disney. Photo by Evan Zimmerman.jpg
IDPH: More than 200 cases of cyclosporiasis confirmed in Illinois
By Stace Keane SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois health officials say more than 200 cases of cyclosporiasis have been confirmed in the state. Health officials say 96 of those who've contracted the bug have...
Jul 15, 2026 Illinois Department of Public Health Facebook Page
Peoria Council considers funding upgrades to the Twin Towers
By Stace Keane PEORIA, Ill. - Plans are moving forward to provide major upgrades to the Twin Towers high rises. The Peoria City Council is considering issuing bonds to help pay for updates to the buil...
Jul 15, 2026 1470 100.3 WMBD
Shared AMT ambulance, police substation site a 'win-win' for Peoria, says mayor
By Kayla Johnson PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - A letter of intent has won the unanimous backing of the Peoria City Council to build a police substation at the same site as a new Advanced Medical Transpor...
Jul 15, 2026 Peoria Police Department
Peoria Police testing Drone as First Responder Program
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria officers are testing out a new "Drone as First Responder" program for the next seven days. Here's how it works: whenever a 911 call comes in, a drone launches from a fixed locati...
Jul 15, 2026
ELITE leaders detail program that helps troubled 8th graders to Peoria Public Schools board
PEORIA, Ill. - The leaders behind a program that helps troubled 8th grade Peoria Public School students advance to high school touted its benefits in front of a new look board. On Monday night, leader...
Jul 14, 2026 (Peoria Public Schools)
Homicide investigation underway after body found in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A homicide investigation is underway after what Peoria Police call a suspicious death in the East Bluff. Officers responded to a home in the area of Seneca and California on Monday for ...
Jul 14, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin to purchase body cameras for non-police city employees
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin is buying new body cameras, but not for its police department. On Monday night, the city council unanimously approved spending $40,241 to purchase eight new cameras. Th...
Jul 14, 2026 (City of Pekin)
