Category Archives: Local News
Boy killed in accident involving semi in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - Police in Pekin say a child is dead after being hit by a semi Thursday afternoon. Police say the accident happened in the 1900 block of South Second Street, along Route 29, around 3:20 p...
Will Stevenson Mar 31, 2022 (25 News)
Parents now charged with murder for son's death
PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria residents are now being charged with First-Degree Murder for allegedly not giving their eight-year-old son the proper care prior to his death earlier this week. 25 News repor...
Will Stevenson Mar 31, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Democrats' Senate leader helps mark 13th Transgender Visibility Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- A group of Illinois Democratic lawmakers held a press conference today, marking the 13th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility. "It's always fitting to raise visibility ab...
Cooper Banks Mar 31, 2022 St Sen. Kimberly Lightford (Illinois General Assembly)
Doctor: family members, loved ones can best spot aphasia
PEORIA, Ill. - The diagnosis that caused actor Bruce Willis to retire from acting is one that can be especially serious, depending on what caused it. Aphasia affects the ability to communicate, and in...
Will Stevenson Mar 31, 2022 ssshadowcopy / CC
Regional reaction to sudden Lincoln College closure announcement
PEORIA, Ill. -- The sudden closure of one college in Lincoln, Illinois is sending ripple affects across the entire Central Illinois region. State lawmakers, families and local leaders alike are all re...
Cooper Banks Mar 31, 2022 Courtesy: Lincoln College Facebook
Peoria man convicted of weapons charge by federal jury
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal jury has convicted a Peoria man on a felony weapons charge. The U.S. Attorney's Office says the jury handed down the verdict Wednesday on a count of Possession of a Firearm by...
Will Stevenson Mar 30, 2022 (2020 Peoria County Jail photo)
Mid-day accident injures three
UPDATED 9:49 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Officials have released more details regarding a two-vehicle accident happening Wednesday over the lunch hour. Peoria Fire officials say crews were called to Universit...
Will Stevenson Mar 30, 2022 25 News
Five-year child cancer patient gets to go home
PEORIA, Ill. - A rainy day in Peoria Wednesday didn't stop a "celebration" from happening, when a patient got to leave OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois after five years. OSF Saint Francis employees...
Will Stevenson Mar 30, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Parents arrested in death of eight-year-old boy
UPDATED 9:26 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police now say the parents of an eight-year-old boy have been arrested in connection to the boy's death. Police say following questioning, Brandon Walker, 40, a...
Will Stevenson Mar 30, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Apartment complex fire now ruled arson; residents react
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at an apartment complex early Tuesday morning is now being investigated as an arson. Peoria Fire officials say evidence in an office area of Lexington Hills apartments on the edg...
Will Stevenson Mar 30, 2022 Peoria Fire Department via Facebook