Category Archives: Local News
Cyr: Sale of Prairie Vista is off
UPDATED 1:24 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The sale of a Peoria-area luxury apartment complex is off. 5th District Peoria City Councilman Dennis Cyr says the city's meeting later this week about the sale of Pra...
Apr 04, 2022 (25 News)
Gordon-Booth helps introduce crime reduction plan for Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- House and Senate Democrats are unveiling a plan to reduce crime in Illinois. Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria says the proposal takes a broad, community-based approach, as oppose...
Apr 04, 2022 (Illinois Department of Central Management Services)
Washington woman stabbed; home destroyed by fire
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- A Washington woman was hospitalized Sunday after being stabbed by her brother, and their home set on fire. Just after 4 p.m., Tazewell County Sheriff's Deputies responded to East S...
Apr 04, 2022 (25 News)
Walk raises awareness of eating disorders
PEORIA, Ill. - Students at Bradley University are helping to raise awareness about an illness that, more often than not, people may not know someone is dealing with. Students and others dealt with rai...
Apr 03, 2022 (25 News)
Avanti's to close West Main location; others to return to 7-day operation
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of a popular group of restaurants in Peoria says it's closing one of its locations. Avanti's CEO Stefan Zeller says the location at 1301 West Main in the West Bluff neighborho...
Apr 03, 2022 (Avanti's)
State Police conducting internal review after trooper shoots double-homicide suspect
PANA, Ill. - Illinois State Police says an internal investigation is being conducted after a state trooper shot a man wanted in a double homicide. Officials say the Division of Internal Investigation ...
Apr 03, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD
One dead, two injured in Peoria County crash
UPDATED 1:37 p.m. 4/3/22 PEORIA, Ill. - A man from Edwards has been identified as the victim in a fatal crash Friday evening. The Peoria County Coroner says Darrell Harper, 58, was pronounced dead at ...
Apr 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
Greta Van Fleet Peoria show officially moved to July
PEORIA, Ill. - A show at the Peoria Civic Center postponed last week has officially been rescheduled this week. Greta Van Fleet says on social media that the show that was to be March 26 at the Peoria...
Apr 01, 2022 Nicolas Padovani / CC
Man facing weapons and fraud charges, arson suspect among those arrested during special PPD detail
PEORIA, Ill. - We haven't heard about one in awhile, but Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says the special enforcement details continue as part of his anti-violence initiative. The chief says the m...
Apr 01, 2022 Kareem Davenport (Peoria County Jail)
Investigation into 2007 child death reopened following mother's 2022 murder charge
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says he's reopening the investigation into the death of a three-month-old boy in 2007, given that the boy's mother is now one of two charged with the...
Apr 01, 2022 Peoria County Coroner via 25 News
