Category Archives: Local News
Sheriff's Office asks for help in locating Peoria Co. woman with special needs
HANNA CITY, Ill. -- A Hanna City woman with special needs is missing, and police are asking for the public's help to find her. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office turned to social media Friday, looking...
Feb 19, 2022 (25 News)
Civic Center COVID-19 testing site reduces hours
PEORIA, Ill. - It's no longer needed to be open six days a week anymore. Officials from the City of Peoria and Peoria County now say that the COVID-19 testing site in the parking lot of the Peoria Civ...
Feb 18, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Man wanted after disturbance in Mossville
UPDATED 4;45 P.M. MOSSVILLE, Ill. - We now know more about why police converged on a home in Mossville Friday afternoon. The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says it had been dispatched Thursday nigh...
Feb 18, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Stolen Park District pickup truck found, suspect not
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Park District pickup truck reported stolen Thursday was found Friday. That's according to Peoria Police. They say the white Ford F-250 pickup was found unoccupied around 10:00 ...
Feb 18, 2022 Peoria Police/Peoria Park District
'Who Killed Me?' now includes Tip411, will feature more cold cases
PEORIA, Ill. - An initiative that started sixteen years ago when a Peoria woman's son was killed is getting a boost, thanks in part to Peoria Police and other community leaders. "I was going all aroun...
Feb 18, 2022 (25 News)
New candidate for Peoria County Sheriff
PEORIA, Ill. - There are now two candidates once again for Peoria County Sheriff in this year's elections. Lieutenant Jason Buckley is officially announcing his candidacy in the June primary. Buckley ...
Feb 18, 2022 (Jason Buckley via Facebook)
Man involved in standoff with police makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man who caused a standoff with Police Tuesday has made a court appearance, and is pleading not guilty. Court records indicate Daniel Kolep, 46, pleaded not guilty Thursday to...
Feb 18, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Maroon: Peoria's streets in decent shape after the storm
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Snowfighters spend a majority of Thursday night and the early morning hours Friday, working to clear the city's arterial routes. Sie Maroon, with Peoria Public Works, said Peo...
Feb 18, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Mike Wild)
AG Raoul pledges to defend Pritzker school mask mandate, asking for Supreme Court review
UPDATE: 1:37 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has promised to defend Governor J.B. Pritzker's school mask mandate despite eroding political and legal support for it. Late Thu...
Feb 18, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: I-39 open again following Thursday pileup
UPDATED 2/18 1:40 P.M. EL PASO, Ill. - Authorities are saying Interstate 39 south of El Paso is getting back to normal following a massive pileup at the height of Thursday's snowstorm. The Woodford Co...
Feb 17, 2022 Brandon Rixstine via 25 News
