Category Archives: Local News
A throw back to history and a focus on expansion in East Peoria State of the City Address
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria Mayor John Kahl is expressing excitement at future development and the prospects of a bustling city east of the Illinois River in years to come. During the annual Stat...
May 06, 2022 (Cooper Banks/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State honors fallen police officers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois backs the blue and honors their fallen. Eleven police officers were killed in the line of duty last year in the state. Thursday, they were honored at a memorial on the Sta...
May 05, 2022 (Illinois Police Officers Memorial)
Former VP Mike Pence to headline Lincoln Day Dinner in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Vice President will headline the annual Peoria-Tazewell Lincoln Day Dinner next month. The campaign of Congressman Darin LaHood says Mike Pence will give the keynote address at...
May 05, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
State receives credit rating boost as Pritzker signs pension buyout extension
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker got what he says was good news for Illinois taxpayers Thursday, as he signed a law to extend a pension buyout program for state employees. "As we've been sitti...
May 05, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Meeting to be held regarding death of Navin Jones' half-brother
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County's Coroner says he's pretty sure the death of a half-brother of Navin Jones, 8, wasn't an accident, and a meeting next Monday may end up helping to prove that. Jamie Harwoo...
May 05, 2022 25 News
Caterpillar acquires energy solutions company
DEERFIELD, Ill. - Formerly-Peoria-based Caterpillar has acquired a Pennsylvania-based company described as a "energy-as-a-service" company. Big Yellow says Tangent Energy Solutions is now a part of th...
May 05, 2022 Caterpillar
Peoria's "More Than Pink Walk" returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Susan G. Komen "More than Pink Walk" is back on Saturday, Mother's Day. Memorial Affiliate Executive Director Gayle Young said the event has morphed over the years from a race...
May 05, 2022 (Susan G. Komen Memorial)
Man convicted of attempted murder for hammer beating
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been found guilty of charges filed last year after beating his wife repeatedly with a hammer. Peoria County Court records indicate Hakob Sahakyan, 64, was convicted Wed...
May 05, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Coroner releases name of man killed in fatal crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- The driver who crashed into the deck of a Peoria home has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 85-year-old Richard Huizinga, of Peoria, suffered a catastrophic hea...
May 05, 2022 Midwest Communications
Manhunt for man who escaped from ISP transport vehicle
METAMORA, Ill. - Illinois State Police say a man escaped from a hospital transport van Wednesday night. Troopers aren't releasing many details, except that the escape happened around 11:20 p.m. on Int...
May 05, 2022 (Illinois State Police)
