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Agreement would provide funds for repairs at Riverview Plaza
PEORIA, Ill. - Repairs could soon begin at the old Chase Bank building in downtown Peoria now that the city has reached an agreement with the building's owner. The parties signed an escrow agreement o...
Jul 23, 2025 Riverview Plaza at 411 Hamilton Blvd in downtown Peoria has been vacant for over a year and a half. (25 News)
Fire displaces family in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A family was displaced by a fire Tuesday night in Peoria's East Bluff. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin says an adult and three children got out safely before crews arrived around 8:20 ...
Jul 23, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Trump to outline AI priorities amid tech battle with China
(Reuters) -The Trump administration is set to release a new artificial intelligence blueprint on Wednesday that aims to relax American rules governing the industry at the center of a technological arm...
Jul 23, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump stands after delivering remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Dream Center Peoria prepping for Backpack Peoria on Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Teenagers in town all this week for Mission Peoria are helping the Dream Center fill backpacks with everything students need to start the school year off right. The Dream Center's Andy ...
Jul 23, 2025 (Dream Center Peoria)
Peoria City Council approves downtown redevelopment project to add housing
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria CIty Council has given approval for a developer to convert empty downtown store fronts into housing. The council approved in consent agenda a proposal to turn the first floor...
Jul 22, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County grand jury indicts father in death of infant son in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused in the death of his infant son has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury. 41-year-old Dwayne Davis was indicted for First Degree Murder Tuesday in the death of seven...
Jul 22, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Woman arrested in Pekin after allegedly attempting to solicit a murder
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police have arrested a woman after allegedly attempting to solicit a murder. Allison Salinas was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Pekin Police after a two week investigation that bega...
Jul 22, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lakeview Park splash pad opens to the public
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new place for central Illinois kids to cool down as the dog days of summer arrive. The Peoria Park District cut the ribbon Tuesday morning on Lakeview Park's new splash pad wh...
Jul 22, 2025 Summer campers from the Peoria Park District enjoy the new splash pad at Lakeview Park. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's bat-biting frontman, dies aged 76, BBC reports
(Reuters) -Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a l...
Jul 22, 2025 Commonwealth Games - Closing Ceremony - Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, Britain - August 8, 2022 Ozzy Osbourne performs during the closing ceremony REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Following state rep's encounter, Pritzker signs 'squatter bill' into law
Article Summary A new Illinois law allows police to remove squatters from a person's home for criminal trespassing. State law previously required property owners to go through a lengthy eviction proce...
Jul 22, 2025 Pritzker signed the bill after Rep. Marcus Evans, D-Chicago, had a first-hand encounter with squatters recently. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
