Category Archives: Local News
Country star Walker Hayes coming to Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - A GRAMMY-nominated country music star will make Peoria the second stop on his 2023 tour. Walker Hayes will bring his "Duck Buck Tour" to the Peoria Civic Center Arena on April 14th -- t...
Dec 12, 2022 (Peoria Civic Center)
Illinois, 17 other states reach agreement with Walgreens, CVS over opioid epidemic
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says his office led what he called "bipartisan negotiations" with 17 other states leading to a multi-billion dollar settlement with two pharmacy c...
Dec 12, 2022 K-State Research and Extension / CC
Coroner identifies victim in fatal Chillicothe accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe woman has been identified as the victim in Friday afternoon's fatal crash in that city. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says an autopsy of Katherine "Katie" Wright, 44...
Dec 12, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria's Family Christmas Sing returns Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria tradition is back. The Family Christmas Sing returns after a two-year hiatus at the Peoria Riverfront Museum Tuesday night. "It started in 1947, right after World War II, in t...
Dec 12, 2022 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
A little present at the pump
PEORIA, Ill. -- According to AAA-Illinois, Monday's state average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $3.45. Nationally, the price was $3.26. In the Peoria-Pekin metro area, it's a little hi...
Dec 12, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Another PPD gun buy-back ends early with dozens of unwanted firearms collected
PEORIA, Ill. -- Another gun buy-back event in Peoria started and ended fast, with nearly another 90 firearms collected by local police. Peoria Police say people were already lined up by the time the b...
Dec 11, 2022
'Drive for Miracles' comes through for OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thousands of families can thank OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois for saving the lives of their kids. And, for 22 years, John Riley with sister station 93.3 The Drive, has...
Dec 10, 2022 (93.3 The Drive)
Woman dies in crash near Chillicothe
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- A woman was killed late Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash near Chillicothe. Peoria County Sheriff's deputies were called around 4:15 p.m. to E. Hart Lane, near N. Bened...
Dec 10, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Willie Nelson to be part of 'Summer Camp' in Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Remember how disappointed you were when Willie Nelson cancelled his, perhaps, coincidentally-planned April 20th concert at the Peoria Civic Center earlier this year? Fear not -- Wi...
Dec 9, 2022 Roberta / CC
Board votes to remove Cloyd from Pekin mayoral ballot
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Mayoral Candidate Becky Cloyd will be removed from the ballot following a hearing Friday before the local electoral board. Cloyd had been one of three candidates who filed to seek ...
Dec 9, 2022 (25 News)
