Category Archives: Local News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - School lunches in Illinois might just get better, now that a local lawmaker's bill is advancing. The Illinois House unanimously passed a school lunch bill last week, authored by St...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The Illini battled back against Iowa on the final day of the regular season to clinch a share of the Big Ten Conference Title and the top seed in the conference tournament, defeatin...

WINTERSET, IA (FOX News) -- Tornadoes that struck Central Iowa over Saturday are being called the deadliest in over a decade, after they destroyed power lines, homes and left seven people dead, includ...

From Peoria County - Mossville Road is closed until further notice to all through traffic between Illinois Route 40 (Knoxville Avenue) and State Street in Mossville. There was a pavement failure on th...

PEORIA, Ill. - Nine people escape injury from a Peoria house fire. Peoria firefighters were called to 607 Phelps St. in the city's North Valley at 10:07 p.m. Saturday. The first crews reported heavy s...

UPDATE: (10:12 a.m. 3/7/22) PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called back to 719 W. Nowland Avenue Monday morning, where fire initially broke out Saturday afternoon. Crews returned to the scene ...

FARMINGTON, Ill. - A Farmington restaurant that lost its home after a recent fire will soon officially. Asher's Bar and Grille was destroyed by fire around Thanksgiving of last year -- one of three bu...

FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - A Fulton County man is hospitalized after an on-farm accident Friday. 25 News reports a 60-year-old Cuba man's leg became trapped in a grain auger. He was taken by helicopter to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It's back to normal for Illinois schools in terms of infectious diseases. Governor JB Pritzker signed an updated Executive Order Friday, after the state says they've seen "vast imp...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police arrested fugitives from other states including a murder suspect from Missouri this week. PPD is announcing the results of its most recent anti-violence enforcement effort...