Category Archives: Local News
Fatal crash Wednesday morning in Fulton County
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - One person is dead after a head-on crash Wednesday morning in Fulton County. 25 News reports the two-vehicle crash occurred on County Highway 2 near Ulest Road just before 8:00 A...
Apr 26, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Minnesota-based company to buy R.P. Home & Harvest
MARSHALL, Minn. - A farm-retail store chain with two central Illinois locations will have new owners soon. Minnesota-based Runnings is planning to purchase R.P. Home & Harvest. The purchase is exp...
Apr 26, 2023 ((Runnings Facebook Page))
Government paints ex-ComEd officials as 'grand masters of corruption' before jury deliberations
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Attorneys for both the defendants and the government made the same appeal to a federal jury Tuesday before it was left to deliberate the fate of four former Commonwea...
Apr 26, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Man charged with Residential Arson after apartment building fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A resident of a Peoria apartment building is being charged by a Peoria County grand jury with Residential Arson. The Class-1 felony charge was filed Tuesday against Carlos Almaraz-Alfer...
Apr 26, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bradley University President assures campus is safe after bomb threat
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University's President is assuring the community that the campus is safe after a bomb threat Tuesday evening. Stephen Standifird made a statement on Bradley's Facebook page abou...
Apr 26, 2023 (Bradley University)
Peoria extends ShotSpotter contract with PPD
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council Tuesday night unanimously agreed to extend the police department's contract with ShotSpotter. The contract runs for three years and will cost about $900,000. Peoria...
Apr 26, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
All-clear after Bradley University bomb threat
UPDATED 11:53 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A more than two hour lockdown at Bradley University Tuesday night, after a bomb threat was called in to Peoria Police. A bomb was not believed to be found, but Bradle...
Apr 25, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Grand jury charges man with murder for Dunlap shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a Peoria man on three counts of First-Degree Murder. The grand jury also indicted Walter Artis, Jr., 26, on counts of Home Invasion and Aggravate...
Apr 25, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Underground restaurant to re-open, above-ground restaurant to debut, in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A former downtown Peoria restaurant located underground is not only making a comeback, it's going to, in a way, also makes its way above ground. Richard's Under Main -- known for servin...
Apr 25, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Group accuses organization's head of embezzlement, board president of enabling it
UPDATED 6:51 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A group described as former employees, members of a Peoria church, and other community leaders asked two top officials with an organization originally started by the c...
Apr 25, 2023 (METEC)
