Category Archives: Local News
UPDATED: Peoria area parking bans and school changes
UPDATED 7:02 a.m. (2/17) PEORIA, Ill. -- Public works crews in Peoria have been preparing for a winter storm area that's expected to bring rain, freezing rain, snow and plunging temperatures over the ...
Feb 16, 2022
Man taken into custody after hours long West Bluff standoff
UPDATE: 8:41 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have reportedly taken a man into custody following an hours long standoff in the West Bluff neighborhood late Tuesday. Initial reports about the police ...
Feb 15, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria man formally charged in officer-involved shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who allegedly exchanged gun fire with Peoria Police late last month has been formally indicted. Court records indicate Carlos Jones, 43, is being indicted on two counts of ...
Feb 15, 2022 Peoria County Jail
Collins: Mild Wednesday leads to winter storm Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - Mother Nature isn't playing nicely with us. Mild temperatures Wednesday will lead to a potential winter storm Thursday, according to Chuck Collins, Chief Meteorologist with our news par...
Feb 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
Bizarre single vehicle crash leaves one hospitalized in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Fire and Rescue officials say one person was recovering from injuries sustained in a bizarre single-vehicle crash. They say it happened Monday evening just before 8 p.m. along W...
Feb 15, 2022 (25 News)
Man formally indicted for death of daughter
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man accused of killing his daughter at the beginning of the month has been formally indicted on charges of First-Degree Murder. Court records indicate Shamari Williams, 25, who...
Feb 15, 2022 Peoria County Jail
Pritzker praises ICC worker training program, proposes similar initiative for health care workers
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker used the Illinois Central College Peoria campus Monday to praise a program that he says the college helped start and is working well. That program is ICC's...
Feb 15, 2022 (File-State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Family marks anniversary of Peoria woman's death
PEORIA, Ill. - Monday was the three-year anniversary of a murder-suicide in Peoria, and family members of the woman killed continue to honor her memory. Balloons were released at the former South Peor...
Feb 15, 2022 (25 News)
Fights at Pekin High draws social media attention
PEKIN, Ill. -- School days are being disrupted in a Tazewell County high school, as dozens of fights have broken out, with videos posted to social media. Students tell news partner 25 News, the fights...
Feb 15, 2022
Peoria man arrested after numerous drugs and a gun allegedly found in home
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal search warrant was used, in part, to arrest a Peoria man on what Peoria Police only say was "numerous drug and weapon offenses." Officials say Peoria Police and the Drug Enfor...
Feb 14, 2022 (2020 Peoria County Jail Photo)
