Category Archives: Top Stories
'Tireless Project' returns for final collection of the year
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Tireless Project returns for its final collection of 2019. The monthly collection of unwanted tires takes place at JIMAX, located at 2000 W. Clark Street in Peoria. Hours of collec...
Julia Bradley Oct 26, 2019
Road construction begins in preparation for new McClugage Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced new road construction along War Memorial and near the Illinois river. The road construction project is set to begin on Monday October...
Mike Sabol Oct 26, 2019 MWC- PHOTO CREDIT - THE MCCLUGAGE BRIDGE PROJECT
Bergner's building to be demolished
PEORIA, Ill. -- The empty Bergner's building at Sheridan Village, at Lake and Sheridan in Peoria, could be a pile of dust in the near future. Ross Black, Community Development Director with the City o...
Julia Bradley Oct 26, 2019 (25 News)
Fight on W. Main leads to stabbing in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a business in the 600 block of W. Main Street for an altercation. Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said the busin...
Julia Bradley Oct 25, 2019 25 News
State Rep. Mike Unes will not run for re-election
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois State Rep. Mike Unes has announced that he will not run for re-election in 2020. The Republican, who represents Illinois' 91st District, announced Thursday that he will f...
Julia Bradley Oct 25, 2019 Illinois Rep. Michael Unes, R-Pekin, speaks to students during the TECH 2016 Exhibition in the rotunda of the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Illinois reports 2nd vaping-related death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a second state resident has died after being hospitalized for a vaping-related lung injury. The department on Thursday re...
Julia Bradley Oct 25, 2019 In this photo made on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, a woman uses her vaping device in Harmony, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Peoria sees job loss in Illinois employment growth
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The September unemployment rate in Illinois decreased in twelve metropolitan areas, except one, Peoria. According to preliminary data released on Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of La...
Mike Sabol Oct 24, 2019 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Coroner calls for burial of unclaimed remains
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria County Coroner's Office has announced its yearly burial of unclaimed cremated remains. The office, in conjunction with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, has released a list ...
Rick Hirschmann Oct 24, 2019 AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser
Blue trick or treat buckets speak for children on Halloween
PEORIA, Ill. - A trend around Halloween can speak volumes for some children who do not communicate the same as other children. Katlyn Linsley, President of the Central Illinois Autism Association, sai...
Kristina Leahy Oct 24, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Greater Peoria Homecoming to show visitors what's new
PEORIA, Ill. - The day after Thanksgiving in downtown Peoria will be an opportunity to connect with those in the area. The first Greater Peoria Homecoming event will be a night where people visiting f...
Kristina Leahy Oct 24, 2019 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy