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GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop nearly 3 cents a gallon
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped nearly 3 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.11 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. AAA Illinois' average price is a penny higher. GasBuddy say...
Oct 27, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
One person in custody for arson fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - It appears arson is to blame for a fire early Monday morning in Peoria. Crews were called just before 12:15 a.m. to a home in the area of N. University and W. Margaret. The cause of the...
Oct 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino ordered to testify in federal court
Article Summary A federal judge on Friday ordered U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to testify in federal court on Oct. 28. The order came the day after Bovino himself threw a ca...
Oct 27, 2025 Three men in Customs and Border Protection uniforms stand on the roof of a Broadview immigration facility taking pictures of the surrounding area on Oct. 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria shooting sends two people to the hospital, one in critical condition
PEORIA, Ill. - Police are investigating a shooting in Central Peoria Sunday night that left two people injured, one of them critically. PPD arrived in the area of N. Isabell Avenue and W. Hudson Stree...
Oct 27, 2025
One person hospitalized after crash and entrapment Sunday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to a hospital Sunday afternoon after a car accident left them trapped inside a vehicle. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin said crews responded around 3 p.m. t...
Oct 27, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two Men Shot at Central Peoria Apartment Complex Saturday Night
Two men were wounded in a shooting at a central Peoria apartment complex Saturday night. Peoria Police were called to the 1400 block of West Covington Court Apartments at 7:52 p.m. on reports of two p...
Oct 25, 2025
Teen Wounded in South Peoria Shooting Saturday Afternoon
A 19-year-old man suffered a graze wound in a shooting on Peoria's south side Saturday afternoon. Peoria Police responded to two separate Shotspotter activations within minutes of each other. The firs...
Oct 25, 2025
US could hit Russia with more sanctions to end Ukraine war, but first wants Europe to increase pressure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has prepared additional sanctions it could use to target key areas of Russia's economy if President Vladimir Putin continues to delay...
Oct 25, 2025 Plastic letters arranged to read "Sanctions" are placed in front the flag colors of U.S. and Russia in this illustration taken February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Arson appears to be the cause of a fire in Peoria Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in a vacant home in Peoria caused roughly $40,000 damage early Saturday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says crews arrived at approximately 7:13 a.m., finding heavy sm...
Oct 25, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Louvre transfers jewels to Bank of France after heist, RTL reports
PARIS (Reuters) -The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France, according to French radio RTL, after an audacious daylight heist last week exposed the famed museum'...
Oct 25, 2025 A crown worn by French Empress Eugenie, which was targeted by thieves during a heist at Paris' Louvre Museum on October 19, 2025 but was dropped during their escape, on display in this undated still frame from a video. Louvre Museum/Handout via REUTERS
