Category Archives: Local News
Discount retailer coming to Peoria, Pekin
PEORIA, Ill. - A national discount retailer that's quickly expanding will open up one location in Peoria soon, and one in Pekin not long after that. "Ollie's Bargain Outlet" will open in the Willow Kn...
Jul 22, 2022 Isaac Wedin / CC
Police Chief: Three illegal guns seized, six arrests made during special Anti-Violence detail
PEORIA, Ill. - It's been awhile since Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria has talked about any Special Enforcement Details related to his ongoing Anti-Violence Initiative. But, as it turns out, anothe...
Jul 22, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Economy impacting Porch Pantry Peoria's donations, help needed
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's "Porch Pantry" is bare. The effort started on the porch of Charles and Kelli Martin's West Bluff home near Ellis and Elizabeth is seeing even more activity now than they did at...
Jul 22, 2022 (File-25 News)
Overnight shooting in Peoria leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another person was shot early Friday morning in Peoria. Public Information Officer Semone Roth said officers responded to three Shot Spotter alerts around 12:15 a.m. One of those alert...
Jul 22, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria home goes up in flames Friday morning
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire crews responded around 5:20 a.m. Friday to a residential fire in the area of W. Krause and S. Folkers Avenues. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum said the first engine compan...
Jul 22, 2022 liz west / CC
OSF and IL CancerCare announce collaboration
UPDATED 11:41 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- On Thursday, OSF HealthCare and Illinois CancerCare announced they'll be working together in efforts to advance cancer care throughout the state. Preparations began ...
Jul 22, 2022 (Artist rendering/OSF HealthCare)
Rivian may spare Normal plant from layoffs
NORMAL, Ill. - The Rivian Automotive plant in Bloomington-Normal may have been saved from the job-cutting ax for now. A Peoria TV station reports Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the plant will not bear th...
Jul 21, 2022 Greg Gjerdingen / CC
Woman arraigned for Peoria's 11th homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman charged with the shooting death of another woman earlier this year has pleaded not guilty. A public defender entered the plea Thursday on behalf of Kaitlyn Taylor, 24, th...
Jul 21, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
PAAR: Home sales down, but not necessarily bad news
PEORIA, Ill. -- A local realtors group says homes sales in the Peoria-area were down sharply year-over-year this last quarter, but it's mainly because the inventory of houses in the local market remai...
Jul 21, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy, File)
Peoria fire responding to more natural gas leaks than normal
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Interim Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says firefighters have been busy this month -- not just with fire calls. Sollberger says his crews have responded to more than a dozen reports...
Jul 21, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Flickr)
