Category Archives: Local News
"Benzo Dope" found in Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - A local agency that tries to provide help to drug users in the area says another potentially dangerous drug is hitting the streets here. JOLT Harm Reduction says it's referred to as "Be...
Jun 27, 2022 (JOLT Harm Reduction)
AAA: Gas prices drop a few cents
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Though it's still too much, we are paying a bit less for gas at the pump. According to Triple A, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is now $4.89, after ris...
Jun 27, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Commercial tugboat sinks near Peoria's McClugage Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. --Down she goes. Police say a commercial tugboat operating near the McClugage Bridge experienced some kind of issue and sank to the bottom of the Illinois River this weekend. According to...
Jun 26, 2022 (Fondulac Park District Police via 25 News)
Hundreds protest Supreme Court abortion ruling in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Tempers have been flaring against Friday's historic announcement from the U.S. Supreme Court, reversing Roe v Wade and the federal precedent for legally protected abortions across the ...
Jun 26, 2022 25 News
Trump endorses Bailey in GOP primary just days ahead of vote counting
MENDON, Ill. -- One of the Republican front runners for the gubernatorial primary race in Illinois has earned a potentially controversial endorsement this weekend. During a rally at the fairgrounds in...
Jun 26, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
TAPS seeing increase in pet returns
PEKIN, Ill. -- For years, TAPS (Tazewell Animal Protective Society) in Pekin has been finding new homes for pets that are brought to their shelter. But, recently, they've seen a significant increase i...
Jun 25, 2022 Brian Kelly / CC
Canton to 'Light the Night Blue' for slain Deputy Troy Chisum
CANTON, Ill. -- Killed in the line of duty, a Fulton County community is still mourning the death of Deputy Troy Chisum. On Saturday, three years later his family is 'Lighting the Night Blue' in his h...
Jun 25, 2022 (25 News)
PPD makes arrest in connection with March homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police, along with U.S. Marshals, arrested a man Friday for the shooting death of 40-year-old Timothy Foreman Jr. According to a release from the PPD, officers located 22-year-o...
Jun 25, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Planned Parenthood of Illinois angry over abortion ruling
CHICAGO, Ill. - Planned Parenthood of Illinois is, in the organization's words, "furious" over the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe versus Wade. The organization's CEO, Jennifer Welch, says sinc...
Jun 24, 2022 (Planned Parenthood of Illinois)
Peoria Catholic Diocese reacts to Roe v. Wade decision
PEORIA, Ill. - There's more work to be done. That's what Catholic Diocese of Peoria Bishop Louis Tylka says on Friday's Roe versus Wade-related decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tylka describes life...
Jun 24, 2022 (Catholic Diocese of Peoria via YouTube)
