Category Archives: Local News
AAA & GasBuddy record lower weekly gas prices
PEORIA, Ill. - Most would still say the price is way too high, but weekly gas price averages have hit another water mark. GasBuddy.com says the national average of $3.63 a gallon for unleaded is part ...
Sep 19, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Taliban release U.S. engineer from Illinois Frerichs as Biden approves swap for drug smuggler
UPDATED 1:50 P.M. KABUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban on Monday freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Taliban-linked Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai, after Presi...
Sep 19, 2022 Afghanistan's Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid and Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai sit during a news conference after a prisoner swap, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
Ameren: Over 1,300 customers still without power in the area
PEORIA, Ill. - According to the Ameren Illinois Outage Map, 1,326 customers in Peoria County are still without power midday after strong storms moved through Central Illinois Sunday night. Just a hand...
Sep 19, 2022 Daniel Borman / CC
Teachers vote to approve contract with PPS
PEORIA, Ill. - It's all but a done deal now. The Peoria Federation of Teachers says on social media teachers have overwhelmingly approved the contract worked out on Thursday with the Peoria Public Sch...
Sep 18, 2022 (Peoria Federation of Teachers via Facebook)
Man arrested on gun charges following fight
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed following a fight early Sunday morning. Police say Myriece Byrd, 20, was arrested following a traffic stop near Gilbert Avenue and Mission Road on charges of Aggr...
Sep 18, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail March 2022)
Man dead following crash near Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A man is dead following an accident near Chillicothe early Sunday morning. The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says the crash happened around 1:00 a.m. on Krause Road in rural Ch...
Sep 18, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
State encouraged by those willing to get bivalent COVID booster vaccine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Healh says the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the state is continuing to go down, and the number of people looking to get the latest COVID-19 ...
Sep 18, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
New lawsuit filed by Democrat to stop SAFE-T Act
JOLIET, Ill. - There's now a second State's Attorney in Illinois who is filling lawsuit against the State of Illinois over the "cashless bail" provision of the "SAFE-T Act." Will County State's Attorn...
Sep 18, 2022 Brian Turner / CC
Severe weather possible in Peoria Sunday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - The weekend is not going to end on a positive note weather-wise. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says despite the storms of this morning, more severe storms will b...
Sep 18, 2022 (National Weather Service)
Man arrested after chase through Woodford County
EUREKA, Ill. - A Henry, Illinois man is in custody after allegedly leading law enforcement on a chase Friday morning. Woodford County Chief Deputy Sheriff Dennis Tipsword says Robert Gibbs, 36, is jai...
Sep 16, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
