Category Archives: Local News
Tazewell County Board okays wind farm moratorium
PEKIN, Ill. - The Tazewell County Board is officially pumping the brakes on any more wind farms in the county, until county ordinances on the matter can be changed. County Board members voted in favor...
Jul 28, 2022 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters / CC
Kentucky floods kill 3, death toll may reach double digits, governor says
UPDATED 1:58 P.M. (Reuters) -Flooding in eastern Kentucky has caused at least three deaths, Governor Andy Beshear said on Thursday, and the death toll may reach double digits as water continues to ris...
Jul 28, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
City installs street signs discouraging panhandling in some medians
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria isn't necessarily discouraging panhandling, but they are saying be careful about where it's being done. The city's public works department has started putting up sign...
Jul 27, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested after chase, stolen gun discovered
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they arrested a man wanted on a warrant, after he allegedly fled from officers and tried to toss a stolen handgun. Police say it started around 8:30 Tuesday night on N...
Jul 27, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Suspect in July 4 mass shooting near Chicago indicted on 117 counts
(Reuters) -An Illinois man accused of shooting into a crowd watching a Chicago-area Independence Day parade was indicted by a grand jury on 117 counts, including 21 counts of first-degree murder, the ...
Jul 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A menorah adorns a memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Man identified in fatal Fulton County shooting
UPDATED 3:44 p.m. TABLE GROVE, Ill. - Authorities have identified the man killed in Monday night's officer-involved shooting in Fulton County. Illinois State Police and County Coroner Steve Hines have...
Jul 27, 2022 Midwest Communications
State sells Chicago's James R. Thompson Center to Google
CHICAGO, Ill. - It was only on the market about seven months after failed attempts in the past, but a tech giant will be the new owner of the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. Google -- wh...
Jul 27, 2022 Chicago Architecture Today / CC
BioUrja donates Hazmat suits to Peoria Fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A relatively new local employer that just went through a rough patch a couple months ago is still making good on a promise to help the Peoria Fire Department. BioUrja is donating five s...
Jul 27, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County Board reconsidering elected auditor's position as battle continues
UPDATED 2:14 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Board's Executive Committee is moving forward a potential election referendum question to to decide whether to remove the county's elected auditor's...
Jul 27, 2022 (Peoria County)
Changes on the air at 25 News
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The news departments on two Peoria television stations -- one of which is our news partner -- were somewhat separate even though they were based under the same roof. But now, that ...
Jul 26, 2022 (25 News)
