Woman arrested after Thursday afternoon stabbing in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman was arrested after a stabbing incident at a business in Peoria Thursday afternoon. Peoria Police responded just before 5:15 P.M. to the business in the area of Sheridan and Ridgemont Road, finding an adult male with a single stab wound to the leg. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-th...
May 03, 2024
Law enforcement community honors fallen officers at Illinois Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Six fallen police officers were honored at an annual memorial service outside the State Capitol Thursday. The Illinois Police Officers Memorial occurs annually on the first Thursday of May to honor officers who died in the line of duty and to support their families. "No...
May 03, 2024
Washington alderman to run for mayor
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A Washington alderman plans to announce on Friday his intentions to run for mayor, while current Mayor Gary Manier is still undecided whether he wants another term. Mike Brownfield has served 11 years as Ward 1 alderman and is director of facilities services and safety at Snyder Village in Metamora. ...
May 03, 2024
Resident displaced by fire overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called early Friday morning to a home on N. Indiana on reports of smoke in the basement. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says just after 12:30 a.m., crews found smoke coming from the front of the home and a fire in the basement. Additional crews searched the home finding no on...
May 03, 2024
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Family and friends mourn death of Mikequese Taylor after shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - Family and friends are remembering Mikequese Taylor after he became the victim in Peoria's 5th homicide of 2024 earlier this week. Taylor, 18, was home from junior college in Kansas, visiting his two-month-old son, when he was reportedly shot in a driveway Tuesday night near Knoxville and Forrest Hill. ...
May 02, 2024
Woman injured after Wednesday evening shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a shooting from Wednesday night that injured a woman. Police say 19 shots were fired in the area of Gift and Isabell just after 8:30 P.M. Officers did not find a victim in the area, but did find an adult female with an apparent gunshot wound in the area of Virginia and Isa...
May 02, 2024
Peoria Fire performs river rescue of man Thursday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A man suffered minor injuries after being pulled from the river Thursday morning. Peoria Fire says crews responded at around 11:30 A.M. to reports of a person in the water. They arrived to find a male in the river that was holding onto a structure to stay afloat. Crews secured him with rope and placed a ...
May 02, 2024
Groundbreaking ceremony held for band shelter at Pekin's Mineral Springs Park
PEKIN, Ill. - Leaders in Pekin have begun the work to build a new band shelter in the city's Mineral Springs Park. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday morning at the site of the Steven D. Skinner Performing Arts Venue. Skinner has been the head of the Pekin Park Concert Band since 1992. Skinner says the honor ...
May 02, 2024
Democrats muscle through changes to ballot access, advisory questions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House moved quickly Wednesday to push through a change to state election laws that partially limits ballot access and adds three nonbinding referendums to the 2024 general election ballot. It's a move that caused minority party Republi...
May 02, 2024
Collins: A chance of severe storms Thursday. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Scattered severe storms are possible in Central Illinois Thursday afternoon. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says we could start seeing a few storms after 3 p.m. "The storms will be scattered and most of us may not see activity. The tornado threat is low, but there could be a c...
May 02, 2024