Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Teen dead following Saturday afternoon shooting, two others injured
UPDATED 12:05 P.M. 7/17/22 PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified a teenager who died Saturday afternoon when shots were fired not far from Peoria Zoo. Coroner Jamie Harwood says an a...
Jul 16, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria payment portal being upgraded this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The city of Peoria's online payment portal for Stormwater Utility bills will undergo a system update on Saturday, July 16. Following the update, those who currently pay their bills onl...
Jul 16, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Watkins now officially Peoria County Sheriff
PEORIA, Ill. - The appointment of Chris Watkins as Peoria County's sheriff is now official. The Peoria County Board Thursday night approved the appointment of Watkins as Sheriff, taking the word "inte...
Jul 15, 2022 (Peoria County Government)
Coroner: Homicide-Suicide ruled in Thursday deaths
PEORIA, Ill. - One is a homicide. The other is a suicide. That is the ruling from Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood on the two bodies found in the basement of a Central Peoria home Thursday, followi...
Jul 15, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State: 'Slow but steady' increase in COVID-19 cases
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health is warning of what they call a "slow but steady increase" in COVID-19 cases. The state says a little more than 33,000 cases were added in the l...
Jul 15, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Waffle House shooter ordered to serve life sentences consecutively
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It's, in reality, only one life sentence, but a judge says four life sentences for the central Illinois man who opened fire in a Tennessee Waffle House four years ago must be served...
Jul 15, 2022 (WSMV-TV via 25 News)
Man pleads guilty to 2018 Dixon High School shooting
DIXON, Ill. - A former Dixon High School student who opened fire at a graduation practice four years ago has pleaded guilty. Matthew Milby, 23, pleaded guilty Thursday in Lee County to a pair of count...
Jul 15, 2022 (2018 File-Lee County Jail)
HOI Fair returns next week
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's almost time for the Heart of Illinois Fair. In its 73rd year, the fair runs Tuesday through Saturday next week at Expo Gardens in Peoria. New shows include Aussie Kingdom and Rock...
Jul 15, 2022 (HOI Fair Facebook)
Wanted: More youth sports officials, despite bad fan behavior
PEORIA, Ill. - It likely won't be a problem for the baseball and softball tournaments going on this weekend at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex, but it's otherwise been a problem pretty much all ...
Jul 14, 2022 Brandon Giesbrecht / CC
Man accused of 2021 murder wants to represent himself at trial
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man arrested late last year for a shooting death a year ago now says he wants to represent itself. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Marvin Alexander, 20, was in cou...
Jul 14, 2022 (File-Peoria County Jail)
