Category Archives: Local News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A woman who still owns a home in Pekin but is currently in Florida, is experiencing her first hurricane as Ian barrels through. Angie Bennett spends most of her time in Clearwater,...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 9 a.m. Tuesday to the area of N. Columbus and E. Northcrest Avenues regarding an aggravated battery and robbery incident. Peoria Public Informatio...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Early voting for the November Election is about to get underway in Illinois, at least in most areas of the state. Chicago and Cook County voters will have to wait until next month...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Roughly 2.5 million people in Florida are under some kind of evacuation plan awaiting Hurricane Ian's arrival. Cindy Ardis-Jenkins, a Peoria Native now living in Cape Coral, Florid...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Despite loud opposition from local residents this week, Peoria city council members have approved special permitting for a new Air-BnB style short term rental property in Peoria's upsc...

CORRECTED 9/28/22 2:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Would Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria be worried about any potential history of any migrants that might show up on a bus from Chicago or the southern bor...

EUREKA, Ill. - A Washburn woman was found guilty but mentally ill by a Woodford County jury on a charge of First Degree Murder. Court records indicate Maya Nodine, 19, will be sentenced December 8th a...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Precise information about injuries is unknown, but an investigation will be underway in the wake of an accident involving an overturned cement truck in Peoria. It happened sometime aft...

PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University officials are confirming the death of a top administrator on campus this week. In a letter addressed to the Bradley community, President Stephen Standifird said it wa...

SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - Some bystanders are getting credited with an assist in the arrest of a man who allegedly led a Tazewell County sheriffs deputy on a chase Monday -- a man who ended up being wanted ...