Category Archives: Local News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You might have forgotten, unless you're a business owner. The State of Illinois minimum wage goes up to $12 an hour, from $11, on New Years Day. But, that won't necessarily be the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A top weather expert in Illinois says as if you needed any more proof recently, tornado patterns are changing. State Climatologist Trent Ford says "Tornado Alley" -- typically Texa...

PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man accused of killing a woman and leaving her body inside a home set on fire has pleaded not guilty. Court records indicate Tahir Goodman, 28, pleaded not guilty Monday. A gra...

PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home is a total loss. Firefighters responded around 7 a.m. Monday to the 600 block of Green Street, finding smoke and flames coming from a second story window. Fire officials ...

PEORIA, Ill. - A well-known band in the Christian music world is the newest act to confirm a tour date at the Peoria Civic Center. Casting Crowns has made the Civic Center a stop toward the tail end o...

PEORIA, Ill. -- The week leading up to Christmas is busy for everyone. But, at Peoria's South Side Mission, they're getting ready to feed over 2,400 people at the end of the week. The Mission's Rich D...

Bradley holds in-person winter commmencement ceremony PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Bradley University held its first in-person commencement since 2019 Saturday to celebrate this year's winter graduates....

PEORIA, Ill. - Smoke and flames were seen coming from a Peoria apartment building. The fire was reported around 5:50 a.m. Sunday at a two-story apartment building in the 2400 block of Gale Avenue. Fir...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Beginning January 1, 2024, Illinois minors will no longer have to have their parents' permission to get an abortion. Gov. J-B Pritzker on Friday signed a bill into law, that repea...

PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria man accused of shooting another man in the south Peoria area earlier this week has bond set. James Harris, 29, was in court Friday . He'll have to post ten percent of a $750,...