Category Archives: Local News
Doctor: family members, loved ones can best spot aphasia
PEORIA, Ill. - The diagnosis that caused actor Bruce Willis to retire from acting is one that can be especially serious, depending on what caused it. Aphasia affects the ability to communicate, and in...
Mar 31, 2022 ssshadowcopy / CC
Regional reaction to sudden Lincoln College closure announcement
PEORIA, Ill. -- The sudden closure of one college in Lincoln, Illinois is sending ripple affects across the entire Central Illinois region. State lawmakers, families and local leaders alike are all re...
Mar 31, 2022 Courtesy: Lincoln College Facebook
Peoria man convicted of weapons charge by federal jury
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal jury has convicted a Peoria man on a felony weapons charge. The U.S. Attorney's Office says the jury handed down the verdict Wednesday on a count of Possession of a Firearm by...
Mar 30, 2022 (2020 Peoria County Jail photo)
Mid-day accident injures three
UPDATED 9:49 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Officials have released more details regarding a two-vehicle accident happening Wednesday over the lunch hour. Peoria Fire officials say crews were called to Universit...
Mar 30, 2022 25 News
Five-year child cancer patient gets to go home
PEORIA, Ill. - A rainy day in Peoria Wednesday didn't stop a "celebration" from happening, when a patient got to leave OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois after five years. OSF Saint Francis employees...
Mar 30, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Parents arrested in death of eight-year-old boy
UPDATED 9:26 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police now say the parents of an eight-year-old boy have been arrested in connection to the boy's death. Police say following questioning, Brandon Walker, 40, a...
Mar 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Apartment complex fire now ruled arson; residents react
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at an apartment complex early Tuesday morning is now being investigated as an arson. Peoria Fire officials say evidence in an office area of Lexington Hills apartments on the edg...
Mar 30, 2022 Peoria Fire Department via Facebook
Senate Democrats propose legislation to help IL families financially
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Senate Democrats are pushing a package of bills that they say will help get Illinois families back on their feet. The legislation includes an expansion of the state's Earned Incom...
Mar 30, 2022 MWC
Potential apartment complex deal gets push back from North Peoria residents
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Prairie Vista apartment complex in North Peoria could be changing hands and getting a facelift, all to the tune of $65 million. But the deal comes with some requirements, getting p...
Mar 30, 2022 (25 News)
Fulton County man charged with soliciting child for sex
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A Fulton County man is in trouble with the law for allegedly trying to get a child to have sex with him. The Fulton County Sheriffs Department says Robert Vaughn, 43, of Astoria, is ...
Mar 29, 2022 (Fulton County Jail via 25 News)
