Category Archives: Local News
Thursday marks Workers Memorial Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State and local leaders took time to honor and remembers workers killed while working on job sites. Thursday was Workers Memorial Day -- marked here with a ceremony outside Peoria ...
Apr 28, 2022 (Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Man charged in connection with homicide claims self-defense
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of shooting and killing another man late Tuesday night in a South Peoria home is so far claiming self defense made him do it. 25 News reports that's what John Nichols II...
Apr 28, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Last beam put into place as part of OSF Cancer Center Construction
PEORIA, Ill. - The last and, perhaps, most important beam has been placed on top of the still-under-construction OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute. The beam itself, part of a ceremony Thursday, has hund...
Apr 28, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria's options to limit panhandling are also more limited
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is considering new ways to curb panhandling, but their options are somewhat more limited now. Recent court action has essentially established constitutional free spe...
Apr 28, 2022 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Student accused in fatal East Peoria crash won't walk in Bradley commencement
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University students may have gotten their wish about one of their fellow students not being able to walk in next month's commencement ceremony, following her arrest on charges i...
Apr 28, 2022 25 News
Accident in Peoria claims life of East Peoria man
PEORIA, Ill. - Details are being released about an accident that happened early Saturday morning in Peoria and killed a passenger. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the rollover crash happened ...
Apr 28, 2022 Midwest Communications
Crews work to resolve water distribution issue in Chillicothe
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's still not entirely clear exactly when public works officials in Chillicothe will resolve an ongoing water distribution issue. Thousands of customers in Chillicothe are still advis...
Apr 28, 2022 25 News
Caterpillar profit beats estimates on higher demand, price hikes
(Reuters) -Caterpillar Inc reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Thursday, as a boom in construction and mining activities drove demand for its heavy machinery across industrial sect...
Apr 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar logo is pictured at the 'Bauma' Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment in Munich, Germany, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo
Garage fire damages several homes in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A garage in Peoria was engulfed in flames that spread to three nearby homes late Wednesday night. Firefighters were called about 10 p.m. to the fire on S. Tonti Circle, near S. Laramie...
Apr 28, 2022 Midwest Communications
Local residents warned of massive Ameren Illinois rate hikes coming by June
PEORIA, Ill. -- Local residents are being warned of a massive hike in energy prices coming within the next month. You're told to prepare your budgets for an average $500 per year increase in your Amer...
Apr 27, 2022 (Ameren Illinois)
