Category Archives: Top Stories
Special needs families hope Chicago strike will bring change
CHICAGO, Ill. - A seven-day strike by Chicago teachers has hit students with disabilities and their families hard, but many say they support educators' demands. The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago ...
Oct 26, 2019 (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Arson suspected in early morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A fire in Peoria overnight appears to have been intentionally set. Crews responded around 4:15 a.m. Saturday to a home in the 1600 block of S. Charles. The home was fully engulfed in f...
Oct 26, 2019 Midwest Communications
'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Oct 24, 2019 AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser
