Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Autopsy inconclusive after Sunday Summer Camp death uncovered
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- Authorities are updating information in the case of a person founde dead at the Summer Camp Music Festival over the weekend. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy to...
May 31, 2022 Highway Patrol Images / CC
UPDATE: No injuries reported after Grand Bear Resort blaze
PEORIA, Ill. -- 61 fire departments and a million gallons of water. That's what it took to contain a fire which broke out and devastated half-a-dozen structures at the Grand Bear Resort at Starved Roc...
May 31, 2022 Courtesy Josh Robson & 25 News
Local athlete dies in ATV accident over the weekend
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. -- An all-terrain vehicle crash in Fulton County Sunday night has killed a teenage athlete from Canton. 19-year-old Lukas Goforth played baseball and football at Canton High School...
May 31, 2022 Midwest Communications
Collins: Threat of severe storms late Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's looking like the Peoria area could see some severe weather late Tuesday. 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins confirms a cluster of potentially severe thunderstorms are expec...
May 31, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: One found dead at Summer Camp festival
UPDATE: 5:54 p.m. CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - We're learning more about a man who was found dead at Summer Camp this past Memorial Day weekend. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identifies the deceased indi...
May 31, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Update: Several cabins destroyed at Grand Bear Resort
UPDATE (4:30 a.m.) - Several cabins were a total loss after fire tore through buildings at Grand Bear Resort near Starved Rock State Park late Monday afternoon. Utica Assistant Fire Chief Drew Partain...
May 30, 2022 Courtesy Josh Robson & 25 News
One killed in Memorial Weekend motorcycle crash near Northwoods Mall
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning more about a fatal motorcycle crash in Peoria over the Memorial Day weekend. According to a news release from Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood's office, the Peoria Po...
May 30, 2022 Midwest Communications
Veteran of force to become Creve Coeur Police Chief
CREVE COEUR, Ill. - A member of the Creve Coeur Police force is taking the department's top job. The department announced on social media that the village's trustees last week approved promoting Justi...
May 30, 2022 (Creve Coeur Police Department via Facebook)
Peoria holds first in-person Memorial Day ceremony in several years
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria City Council member gets emotional when he talks about Memorial Day. Bruce Brown was drafted in to the Vietnam War as a Marine more than 50 years ago, but before he coul...
May 30, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gas prices surpass $5 a gallon in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Central Illinoisans are feeling their share of pain at the pump this holiday weekend, as gas prices surpassed five dollars in some parts of the River City. As of Sunday, prices at the ...
May 30, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
