Category Archives: Local News
"Wings and Wheels" returns in Pekin
PEKIN. Ill. - (25 News) - There were plenty of planes and automobiles for guests to enjoy Saturday at the "Wings and Wheels" event at Pekin Municipal Airport. Guests and their families got to hit the ...
Sep 19, 2021 25 News
Arrests follow fights at Peoria High School
PEORIA, Ill. - Fights inside and outside Peoria High School Friday led to the arrests of some individuals and the postponement of two football games as a security measure. Classes were dismissed nearl...
Sep 18, 2021 25 News
Biden admin looks to revive Trump-era order on migrant expulsion
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday moved to revive an order put in place by then-President Donald Trump directing the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a...
Sep 18, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Victim identified in fatal Tazewell County crash
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - More details have been released about Wednesday night's fatal accident in rural Tazewell County. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the victim of the crash a...
Sep 17, 2021 (25 News)
Disruptions end day early at Peoria High School, arrests made, security measures in place
UPDATED 4:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria High School students were let out early Friday after another week has ended with multiple incidents being reported. Spokesperson Thomas Bruch says there were a ...
Sep 17, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Officials: Few hospitalizations, but growing numbers of COVID-19 cases in kids
PEORIA, Ill. - While cases of COVID-19 in children in the Tri-County area account for a very small number of hospitalizations, they are accounting for a large number of new cases overall. Peoria City/...
Sep 17, 2021 Monica Hendrickson (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gunn: Chamber's vision for growing Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- How can the City of Peoria reach it's full potential? Joshua Gunn, CEO of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", in order to make progress over the n...
Sep 17, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois residents enrolled in Affordable Care Act insurance doubled during COVID enrollment period, says state
CHICAGO, Ill. - The number of Illinois residents who signed up for health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act was helped greatly, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That's according to the Il...
Sep 17, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
Police respond to crash involving school bus
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police closed east bound Charter Oak Road at Orange Prairie around 7:20 a.m. Friday due to an accident. Thomas Bruch, Director of Public Relations and Community Engagement for P...
Sep 17, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Washington man sentenced to 37 years for 2019 murder
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- 53-year-old Daniel Allbritton was sentenced to 37 years in prison on Thursday. The Washington man plead guilty on Aug. 5 to first-degree murder in the 2019 death of John Tyler...
Sep 17, 2021 (Tazewell County Jail)
