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Coroner identifies woman in fatal crash near Brimfield
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner is identifying the woman from Galesburg who was on her way to work at a Peoria hospital when she died Thursday morning. Coroner Jamie Harwood says preli...
Will Stevenson Jan 27, 2023 Midwest Communications
Second suspect in November murder arrested; others arrested during traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have long said they believed more than one person was possibly responsible for a fatal shooting last November. Now, they say, a second suspect is in custody. Police say an...
Will Stevenson Jan 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria home damaged by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- The cause of a fire in Peoria overnight remains under investigation. The fire was reported around 12:15 a.m. Friday at a home near the corner of W. Millman and S. Blaine Streets. Fire ...
Julia Bradley Jan 27, 2023 Midwest Communications
Anti-violence TV town hall discusses problems and solutions
PEORIA, Ill. - A town hall-type discussion that aired Thursday night across Peoria television stations looked to find answers to the city's ongoing violence problem, and talk about options for help. T...
Will Stevenson Jan 26, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Fire damages West Bluff home
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in Peoria's West Bluff neighborhood was unintentionally started. That's according to fire investigators, who say crews were called to the home near Sheridan and MacQueen around 1...
Will Stevenson Jan 26, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Residents want Rivermen to stay at Civic Center, city officials weigh in
UPDATED 9:19 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - No decision has been made yet, but the public is urging the Peoria Civic Center Authority to help keep the Peoria Rivermen just where they are, and do whatever needs t...
Will Stevenson Jan 26, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)
Peoria business owner sentenced after accident conviction
PEKIN, Ill. - The owner of Martini's on Water in Peoria is going to jail in Tazewell County after being convicted back in October of an accident that left a woman with serious injuries. Martin Walgenb...
Will Stevenson Jan 26, 2023 (Par-a-Dice surveillance photo via 25 News)
Man charged with Grooming, woman charged with Burglary, in separate grand jury cases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury met this week, and filed charges in a number of cases. Among them, Aaron Cornwell (pictured above), 30, was charged with a Class-4 Felony count of Grooming. T...
Will Stevenson Jan 26, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Galesburg woman dies in crash near Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - A woman from Galesburg is dead following an accident on Interstate 74 Thursday morning. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says it happened around 6:40 a.m. near Brimfield, in the v...
Will Stevenson Jan 26, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Police arrest juveniles in two separate cases
PEORIA, Ill. - Juveniles were arrested in two separate incidents in Peoria within the past 24 hours. Police say a 15-year-old was arrested Wednesday at around 5:40 P.M. in the area of East Ravine and ...
TJ Carson Jan 26, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
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