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PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria continue to drop, now down 19.7 cents in the last week. GasBuddy says the average price in Peoria is $4.38 a gallon. This latest drop marks a significant shift for local drivers. Peoria gas prices are 55.6 cents lower than a month ago, though they remain $1.10 a gallon higher than th...

WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington residents will get a say in what the next few years of the city will look like. City leaders are starting the process to create a new strategic plan for the next 3-5 years. The first steps will be Tuesday and Wednesday at Five Points at 6:00 P.M., with open forum sessions. City Administra...

Article Summary Housing advocates viewed the 2026 legislative session as a mixed bag as they secured new funding but fell short in passing statewide zoning laws aimed at spurring housing development. Competing proposals in the spring session weighed local control, affordable housing and density to address housing short...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Tremont Turks are the top small school baseball team in the state of Illinois. Tremont defeated Putnam County on Saturday to win the IHSA Class 1A state championship at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. The Turks won 10-0 after five innings via run-rule....

Article Summary The Secretary of State's office announced a program to give all Illinoisans access to a large number of online informational and educational databases through their library. The state entered a contract with a digital library resource program that includes more than 50 databases with e-books, peer-revie...

By Liz Lape PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The Central Illinois Emergency Expo is returning to Peoria next week for its twentieth year. Organizers like Peoria County Director of Strategic Communications Gretchen Pearsall said she hopes it can help people feel more comfortable with first responders in a positive, stress-free ...

PEORIA, IL- Arson is the suspected cause of a fire in a vacant home in Peoria on Sunday. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin says the blaze on Griswold Street, reported just after 1:30 p.m., was quickly put out and there were no injuries. Damage is estimated at $20,000.

PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Works continue cleanup efforts following last week's heavy rain, high winds, and severe thunderstorms that impacted much of the City. Crews have been working to remove numerous fallen trees and large limbs blocking streets, alleys, and sidewalks. Cleanup efforts are expected to continue ove...

Article Summary JB Pritzker announced nearly $25 million in funding to support 434 independent pharmacies across the state. The funding, established through bipartisan legislation signed by Pritzker last year, is generated through fees levied on pharmacy benefit managers, the pharmaceutical middlemen responsible for ne...

LINCOLN, Ill. - The most violent tornado from Thursday's severe weather has been rated by the National Weather Service After completing a survey on Friday, the NWS says an EF-3 tornado rolled through rural Washburn for 19 minutes. The tornado touched down at 4:56 P.M., had estimated peak winds of 155 MPH, with a maximu...

MORTON/WASHBURN, Ill. - Cleanup efforts are underway across central Illinois after violent severe storms Thursday night. One of the worst impacted areas by the storms was in rural Marshall County, just north of Washburn. Initial surveys conducted Friday by the National Weather Service indicate at least EF-3 damage wit...

CHAMPAIGN/JOLIET, Ill. - One central Illinois high school baseball team will play for a state championship, while another fell short. Tremont defeated Jacksonville Routt, 10-3, in the Class 1A state semifinals this morning at Champaign's Illinois Field. They will take on Putnam County for the championship Saturday at ...

MORTON, Ill. - Following the severe storms that moved through the area Thursday night, the Village of Morton is opening its landscape waste site to help residents with clean-up efforts. Starting Friday, at 7 a.m., the Fourth/Broadway site will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. until further notice. The site is stric...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters in East Peoria spent part of Thursday night dealing with a house fire on Fondulac Court. Assistant Fire Chief Andy Ogburn says a neighbor spotted smoke coming from a duplex around 10:45 p.m., as the neighborhood was dealing with a power outage from severe storms earlier in the evening. ...

PEORIA, Ill. - Two men are jailed after police tracked down a vehicle connected to a shooting earlier this week in Peoria. Police arrested 36-year-old Lawrence Miller and 42-year-old Andre Washington on Wednesday afternoon following a high-risk traffic stop in the 800 block of W. Lake Avenue. The arrests stem from a sh...

PEORIA, Ill. - Another illegal gun is off the streets of Peoria. Peoria Police pulled over an 18-year-old for a routine traffic stop on Richmond Avenue Wednesday-but it didn't end with just a ticket. During the stop, officers found drugs inside the car and discovered a handgun on the driver, Quentin Crump. Crump is in ...

DUNLAP, Ill. - It was a close call in Dunlap on Thursday. Firefighters were called to a home on Pauli Road, finding a much bigger problem than a fire. When they pulled up, crews didn't just see smoke-they saw the home partially collapsed from an explosion, and smelled propane. One person living in the home got out saf...

PEORIA, Ill. - After relocating to Bradley University last year due to construction, the Moss Avenue Antique Sale and Festival is back home this weekend. Organizer Jan Krouse says they're expecting a record number of vendors for the event's 45th year. "We have 150 vendors. I've been doing this for 26 years, and th...

PEORIA, Ill. - Though thousands of customers are still without power from Thursday night's storms, Ameren's Outage Map shows slowly, but surely, power is being restored across the Tri-County area. As of 11 a.m., just over 11,600 residents are still in the dark in Peoria County. The numbers are down in Tazewell County.....

PEORIA, Ill. - A wide-reaching celebration of Juneteenth in Peoria for 2026 is well underway. While some events have already taken place, leaders with the city, Park District, and community came together at the Gateway Building to list what has occurred, and what is to come. The Miss Juneteenth Pageant took place over ...