Category Archives: Local News
Update: Two people shot overnight outside downtown Peoria business
PEORIA, Ill. -- Gun violence has not taken a holiday in Peoria on the 4th of July. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said police were called to the area of SW Jefferson Avenue and Harrison...
Jul 04, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
Leave your pets at home on the 4th of July
PEORIA, Ill. -- We all love our pets, but on the 4th of July, it's best to leave them home as we celebrate our independence. Kitty Yanko, with Peoria County Animal Protection Services, or PCAPS, said ...
Jul 04, 2022 Mara 1 / CC
One Peoria woman arrested, another found dead Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. -- A local woman is arrested and charged and now local authorities are investigating the city's 11th homicide of the year after another woman was found dead inside a home just before sunr...
Jul 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD: Three arrested on outstanding warrants, one ghost handgun seized
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria police are announcing details on recent arrests linked to the discovery of at least one ghost gun, along with several other illegal firearms. PPD says officers with the Special ...
Jul 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
Warmer June also dry while July could start with storms
PEORIA, Ill. -- We enter the month of the July with Independence Day celebrations across Central Illinois and looking back at a very hot and pretty DRY month of June. "Despite the pleasant end to the ...
Jul 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An electrical line technician works on restoring power after a tornado Vilonia, Arkansas April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Friday afternoon house fire electrical in nature
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Firefighters say a house fire Friday afternoon was electrical in nature. Crews were called to a home on Forest Hill Avenue, near California, around 3:20 p.m. Fire officials say t...
Jul 01, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Wind projects on hold in Tazewell County
PEKIN, Ill. - Any new wind power projects in Tazewell County are being held up for at least the next six months. 25 News reports the Tazewell County Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday night voted to imp...
Jul 01, 2022 Graeme Maclean / CC
FamilyCore to discontinue some adoption services
PEORIA, Ill. - Another service that Peoria's FamilyCore has provided over the years is shutting down. FamilyCore CEO Ann Landing-Ferguson says after what was termed a thorough evaluation, the organiza...
Jul 01, 2022 (FamilyCore via Facebook)
Former Manual basketball star becomes head coach
PEORIA, Ill. - A big name in the history of the Peoria Manual High School basketball program has ascended to the top coaching job. The Peoria Public School Board has approved Marvin Jordan to become h...
Jul 01, 2022 Marvin Jordan (left) and Dr. Derrick Booth (Peoria Public Schools)
Top vote-getters expand leads in PPS Board District 2 election
PEORIA, Ill. - The lead for the top two vote-getters for two seats on the Peoria Public School Board has widened a little. With more vote by mail ballots counted Thursday, incumbent and school board p...
Jul 01, 2022 Gregory Wilson, Paris McConnell, and Daniel Walther (Submitted Photos)
