Category Archives: Local News

Tazewell County honors Underground Railroad conductors
DELAVAN, Ill. -- Tazewell County held a fourth event honoring its involvement with the Underground Railroad on Monday. It was the fourth out of five events honoring local "Freedom Train" conductors. T...
Julia Bradley Sep 07, 2021 (25 News)

Taliban claim control of Panjshir, promise formation of government 'soon'
(Reuters) - The Taliban claimed victory on Monday over opposition forces in the Panjshir valley northeast of Kabul, declaring that it completed the Islamist group's takeover of Afghanistan and promisi...
Julia Bradley Sep 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A truck with National Resistance Front markings is seen on a mountain top near Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan in this still image obtained from an undated video handout. NATIONAL RESISTANCE FRONT OF AFGHANISTAN HANDOUT/Handout via REUTERS

Florida gunman kills 4 including baby, wounds 11-year-old girl
(Reuters) - A self-described survivalist in body armor shot and killed four people, including a woman and her 3-month-old baby boy in her arms, before surrendering to police in central Florida on Sund...
Julia Bradley Sep 06, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock

Homicide victim identified, suspect arrested
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - The suspect in Peoria's 22nd homicide of the year is in custody. Peoria police say Orlando Alexander, 42, turned himself in without incident around 2:32 p.m. Sunday in the 1200...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 Peoria Police Department

Driver arrested, another sought, following alleged street race accident
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are looking for the driver of a vehicle which may be connected to an accident that sent three people to a local hospital with serious to critical injuries. The ac...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 Peoria Police Department

Area health needs assessment being updated
PEORIA, Ill. - The COVID-19 pandemic isn't the only health concern for the health departments in the Tri-County and the area's other medical entities. Monica Hendrickson, administrator of the Peoria C...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy

Percentage of pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 'alarmingly low'
PEORIA, Ill. - (OSF HealthCare) - As the delta variant becomes more common, now making up 99% of cases in the U.S., OSF HealthCare frontline doctors are seeing more and more cases of pregnant women ad...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 Supplied photo: OSF HealthCare

Memorial workout at Morton fitness center
MORTON, Ill - (25 News ) - A fitness center in Morton hosted a memorial workout for the 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. BRelentless Training and Sports ...
Ed Hammond Sep 05, 2021 25 News

Homeowner transported to hospital after house fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria house fire results in one person being transported to a hospital. The fire was reported at 8:47 p.m. Friday at 610 East Corrington. Firefighters found the back of the one-and-a...
Ed Hammond Sep 04, 2021 Midwest Communications

Gov. Pritzker extends mandatory vaccine deadline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike Friday announced a two-week extension of vaccination requirements for individuals in high...
Dalton Kemper Sep 03, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD


