Category Archives: Local News
State's Attorney: Teen, now 17, faces felonies for fatal February Bartonville crash
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says it's filing charges against the now-17-year-old driver who allegedly crashed a car in late-February, killing another teen. State's Attor...
May 11, 2022 (25 News)
Firefighters respond to blaze on River Beach Drive in Chillicothe
UPDATED 2:58 P.M. CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Firefighters Wednesday battled a blaze at a home in Chillicothe, just off Illinois Route 29. Crews were called to the area of the 15400 block of River Beach Drive...
May 11, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria elected leaders vote to allocate $6.6M to short-term road improvements
PEORIA, Ill. -- One of the bumpier, cracked roadways in Peoria -- among others -- is now set for some much needed repair as a result of action at Tuesday night's Peoria City Council meeting. Council m...
May 11, 2022 Midwest Communications
Pritzker speaks on on reproductive rights ahead of Senate vote
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is calling on federal lawmakers to protect women's right to choose. The U.S. Senate is voting on Wednesday on codifying the landmark Roe v. Wade co...
May 11, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Peoria poised to set records for high heat and warm lows Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- It could be a record setting day for heat in the Peoria area today and we've already been in record-setting territory this week, according to the National Weather Service. NWS Forecast...
May 11, 2022
Biden visits Illinois farm to highlight Russia-driven food inflation
UPDATED 6:04 p.m. CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday blamed Russia's war on Ukraine for the latest spike in global food prices and visited a family farm in Illinois where he pled...
May 11, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden visits a family farm in Kankakee, Illinois, U.S., May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Update: Driver cited in I-74 crash that injured deputy near Morton
Update: 9:19 a.m. (5/11) -- The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has released a statement about the crash that happened late Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 74 near Morton. The department said Tuesday n...
May 10, 2022 (25 News)
Woodford County: Sheriffs Department phone scam returns
EUREKA, Ill. - It's a seemingly pervasive scam, that's apparently rearing its ugly head in the area again. The Woodford County Sheriffs Department says residents have recently been reporting receiving...
May 10, 2022 MWC-Scam Graphic credit: University of Illinois Extension.
Pritzker signs Gordon-Booth-crafted police-related legislation in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A local lawmaker says she is grateful Governor JB Pritzker came to Peoria to sign her legislation that will help both mental health, and police response to calls related to mental healt...
May 10, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Investigators: Navin Jones' half brother did not die of SIDS in 2007
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning much more today about an old infant death case that is linked to the mother who now stands accused of killing her 8-year-old son here in Peoria. This is in relation to S...
May 10, 2022 25 News
