Category Archives: Local News
'Omnibus' health care bill passed amid criticisms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A law recently signed by Gov. JB Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial ...
Jan 28, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
COVID continues decline in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The situation surrounding COVID-19 in Illinois continues to improve. That's according to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Officials there say now only...
Jan 28, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Civic Center officials speak on situation with Rivermen
PEORIA, Ill. - Officials with the Peoria Civic Center and Peoria Civic Center Authority are defending themselves amid growing calls to keep the Peoria Rivermen there when the current season ends. At i...
Jan 27, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Coroner identifies woman in fatal crash near Brimfield
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner is identifying the woman from Galesburg who was on her way to work at a Peoria hospital when she died Thursday morning. Coroner Jamie Harwood says preli...
Jan 27, 2023 Midwest Communications
Second suspect in November murder arrested; others arrested during traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have long said they believed more than one person was possibly responsible for a fatal shooting last November. Now, they say, a second suspect is in custody. Police say an...
Jan 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria home damaged by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- The cause of a fire in Peoria overnight remains under investigation. The fire was reported around 12:15 a.m. Friday at a home near the corner of W. Millman and S. Blaine Streets. Fire ...
Jan 27, 2023 Midwest Communications
Anti-violence TV town hall discusses problems and solutions
PEORIA, Ill. - A town hall-type discussion that aired Thursday night across Peoria television stations looked to find answers to the city's ongoing violence problem, and talk about options for help. T...
Jan 26, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Fire damages West Bluff home
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in Peoria's West Bluff neighborhood was unintentionally started. That's according to fire investigators, who say crews were called to the home near Sheridan and MacQueen around 1...
Jan 26, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Residents want Rivermen to stay at Civic Center, city officials weigh in
UPDATED 9:19 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - No decision has been made yet, but the public is urging the Peoria Civic Center Authority to help keep the Peoria Rivermen just where they are, and do whatever needs t...
Jan 26, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)
Peoria business owner sentenced after accident conviction
PEKIN, Ill. - The owner of Martini's on Water in Peoria is going to jail in Tazewell County after being convicted back in October of an accident that left a woman with serious injuries. Martin Walgenb...
Jan 26, 2023 (Par-a-Dice surveillance photo via 25 News)
