Category Archives: Local News
Illinois American Water gives grants to local fire departments
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A number of Central Illinois fire departments are receiving shares of Illinois American Water's 2021 Firefighter Grant Program, totaling $92,000. Local departments sharing the gran...
Oct 04, 2021
Lindsey Stirling, Harlem Globetrotters coming to Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - Two more big events are coming to the Peoria Civic Center in the coming months. The Civic Center announced Monday that singer and violinist Lindsey Stirling will bring a Christmas-theme...
Oct 04, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Breast cancer survivors celebrated during "More Than Pink" Walk
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - It was a sea of pink and and a celebration of sisterhood at Peoria's Metro Centre for Susan G. Komen's "More Than Pink" walk. Breast cancer survivors came together in person...
Oct 03, 2021 25 News
Peoria man's body recovered from Illinois River
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Crews from Fon du Lac Park District Police recovered a Peoria man's body from the Illinois River. The victim is only identified as 31-years-old. The identity and more information a...
Oct 03, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Keeping lines of communication open during an emergency
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - (25 News) - Central Illinois amateur radio operators held a practice session to demonstrate how to keep up communication when disaster strikes. Peoria County's Amateur Radio Emerge...
Oct 03, 2021 25 News
Two injured in rollover crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and emergency medical personnel were called just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday to the 2700 block of W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a single-vehicle accident wit...
Oct 02, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
ISP trooper shot and killed on Chicago expressway
CHICAGO -- An Illinois State Police trooper has died after being shot Friday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago's South Side. ISP Police Director Brandan Kelly said 36-year-old Trooper Ge...
Oct 02, 2021 (Illinois State Police)
Peoria Civic Center COVID-19 testing site will now also have vaccines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You can now get a COVID-19 vaccine at the same downtown Peoria location you can also get a COVID-19 test. The Illinois Department of Public Health says the Peoria Civic Center park...
Oct 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria population drops slightly; redraw of City Council districts needed
PEORIA, Ill. - All in all, officials say the City of Peoria fared well in the 2020 Census, though there are some concerns. City officials say they're waiting on some more data, but the population of t...
Oct 01, 2021 City of Peoria
Fire investigated as intentional
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire officials say they're investigating a morning blaze Friday as intentionally-set. Crews were called to the 2400 block of North Gale just before 7:00 a.m., and immediately saw...
Oct 01, 2021 Peoria Fire Dept. via Facebook
