Category Archives: Top Stories
PPS Stuff-A-Bus With School Supplies Campaign Kicks Off
It's almost that time of year for school to start back up. But, before heading back to school, kids need their school supplies. The Peoria Public Schools' 2019 Stuff-A-Bus campaign kicks off this week...
Jul 16, 2019
Riverfront Museum Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Apollo 11
It's the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's launch to the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on the morning of July 16, 1969. Peoria Ri...
Jul 16, 2019
Car Hits Home’s Gas Line; Suspect On The Loose
(25 News) - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is looking for the driver of a car they say severed a gas line to a house, before taking off. It happened just after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 800 block o...
Jul 16, 2019
Peoria Shed Damaged By Fire
Peoria firefighters were called to 920 W. Millman just after 6:30 p.m. Monday, finding a storage shed engulfed in flames. The fire spread to siding on the back of a nearby apartment building. The fire...
Jul 16, 2019
PPS Board Member Resigns
A Peoria Public School Board member has resigned. During Monday's meeting, school board member Bob Davison-Aviles announced his resignation. According to the Peoria Federation of Teachers Local 780, D...
Jul 16, 2019
Christensen's Sister Last To Testify For Defense
(AP) - The sister of a former University of Illinois student convicted of killing a Chinese scholar told a jury deciding whether he should be executed that he was a "very gentle person" who never rais...
Jul 16, 2019
Excessive Heat Watch Issued For Central Illinois
(NWS) - The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued an Excessive Heat Watch, which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Saturday evening. * TEMPERATURE...Highs in the mid to upper 90s ...
Jul 15, 2019 HeatWatch-Photo- MWC360
Bradley Student Killed Outside Chicago
(AP) - Suburban Chicago sheriff's police say a woman fatally shot her two sons and set her house on fire before turning the gun on herself. The DuPage County sheriff's office says 43-year-old Jamie Jo...
Jul 15, 2019
Recent Gun Violence To Be Discussed During Special Program
"The Talk with Greg and Dan will be broadcast commercial free at 6:06 p.m. Tuesday on 1470 and 100.3 WMBD. The program will center on recent gun violence in the City of Peoria and steps that can be ta...
Jul 15, 2019
Former Boxing Champ Pernell Whitaker Dies After Being Struck By Car
(Reuters) - Former U.S. world champion Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker has died after being hit by a vehicle in Virginia Beach, Virginia, according to police. He was 55. Whitaker was a world champion in ...
Jul 15, 2019 R. Marsh Starks/Reuters/File Photo
