Category Archives: Local News
Study: 68% of Illinois adults gambled last year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It's considered a problem for a small percentage of the population in Illinois, but it's also something a lot of people reported doing. The Illinois Department of Human Services ha...
Jun 16, 2022 Marc Flores / CC
Authorities: Grand Bear Resort fire an accident
UTICA, Ill. - The recent fire near Starved Rock State Park has officially been ruled an accident. That's the word the Utica Fire Protection District gave to 25 News. The fire on Memorial Day at the Gr...
Jun 16, 2022 Courtesy Josh Robson & 25 News
Pritzker talks Caterpillar, campaigning out of state, potential Presidential run, DNC in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has said more about Caterpillar's decision to move its headquarters out of the State of Illinois after 100 years. Pritzker answered a question about the m...
Jun 16, 2022 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service (File)
CityLink bus crashes near downtown terminal
PEORIA, Ill. - Several people are said to be injured after a CityLink bus crashed in downtown Peoria late Thursday morning. Police and fire crews were called to Harrison and Jefferson Street near Big ...
Jun 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Will Stevenson)
Ali touts "strong" economy in first State of the City address
PEORIA, Ill. -- In her first State of the City address Wednesday night, Mayor Rita Ali said Peoria's fight on crime is showing progress and the city is "strong". It's been a year since Ali became the ...
Jun 16, 2022 (25 News)
Storms overnight knock out power in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thunderstorms that rolled through the Peoria area around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, initially knocked out power for several thousand residents. As of 9:45 a.m.: Just over 194 Peoria County re...
Jun 16, 2022 Bruce Guenter / CC
City Council to reconsider anti-gun violence funding request
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is going to give more consideration to an initiative they rejected two weeks ago. "Cure Violence" is a national entity that deals with identifying and solving gu...
Jun 15, 2022 (From a June, 2022 handout to the Peoria City Council from "Cure Violence" initiative)
Police want help identifying armed robbery suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police want your help identifying and finding a suspect in an armed robbery from Monday. Police responded to an unidentified business in the 3000 block of West Lincoln Avenue, no...
Jun 15, 2022 (Surveillance photos via Peoria Police)
Lawmakers react to Caterpillar headquarters move
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local lawmakers are starting to react, a full 24 hours after Caterpillar announced it was moving its headquarters to the state of Texas -- five years after it announced the HQ was l...
Jun 15, 2022 (Caterpillar)
Man arrested on weapons charge during special anti-violence detail
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says the heatwave isn't stopping his officers from getting violent criminals off the streets. That's evidenced by the latest directed patrol under th...
Jun 15, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
