Category Archives: Local News
Bloomington woman dies following Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria may now have its first homicide of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Sara Gater, 29, of Bloomington was pronounced brain dead Thursday morning at a P...
Feb 02, 2023 (25 News)
Wife of Rivermen player reacts to team's situation with Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The wife of a longtime Peoria Rivermen player is just as concerned about what happens to the team next season as anyone. The Rivermen and the Peoria Civic Center are said to be talking ...
Feb 02, 2023 (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Teacher facing pornography-related charge
UPDATED 2:18 P.M. TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A teacher in Marshall County has reportedly been jailed in Tazewell County on charges connected to distributing pornography to minors. Tazewell County court r...
Feb 02, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
Peoria Fire Department names new Assistant Fire Chief
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department is promoting from within for a new assistant fire chief. Tony Cummings has been with the department since May 22, 2000. Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says he wi...
Feb 02, 2023 (Peoria Fire Dept.)
UPDATE: Fire damages West Bluff home
UPDATED 4:19 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - A house fire did serious damage to a home late Thursday morning in the West Bluff area. Peoria firefighters say it appears a cigarette butt may have started the blaze ...
Feb 02, 2023 (25 News)
Peoria-based legislators added to state budget teams
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Republicans have picked a freshman lawmaker from Edwards to help shape the Illinois budget in their vision. 93rd District Representative Travis Weaver (R-Edwards) has been named to...
Feb 02, 2023 (Travis Weaver via Facebook)
Amazon facility opens in North Pekin next Thursday
NORTH PEKIN, Ill. -- One of the nation's largest online retailers - Amazon - is set to open a new fulfillment center in North Pekin on Feb. 9, creating more than 200 jobs. The Amazon facility, located...
Feb 02, 2023 (Amazon)
State Farm informs state about hundreds of I-T layoffs
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- State Farm Insurance is notifying the state it will lay off 451 Information Technology employees working at the company's Corporate South offices in Bloomington starting at the en...
Feb 02, 2023 (State Farm)
PPD: Man arrested for bomb threats at Pere Marquette
UPDATED 12:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest in connection with a series of bomb threats that forced guests to evacuate the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown, the most recent th...
Feb 02, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Past, present, and future of Central Illinois weather to be discussed
PEORIA, Ill. - Storms that dump more water than expected can bring negative effects to an area that is more than just flooding. That's according to state climatologist Trent Ford, who is appearing at ...
Feb 01, 2023 (University of Illinois)
