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8-year-old injured in early morning shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police responded to two ShotSpotter alerts around 3:45 a.m. Friday from the 1200 block of N. Orange. Seven shots were fired. Around the same time, a call came in saying a c...
Julia Bradley Oct 04, 2019
Data Breach At Area Hy-Vee Stores
PEORIA, Ill – Hy-Vee is warning its customers about a potential credit card data breach that dates back to 2018. The company says six locations may be affected by the breach. The breach includes...
Mike Sabol Oct 03, 2019
Power Of Positive Thinking coming to Peoria Heights
PEORIA, Ill. – The Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts will host a variety of programming. Three motivational speakers will be addressing “Profiting from Positivity in the W...
Kristina Leahy Oct 03, 2019
One-day rain record recorded
MINONK, Ill. — Not lost in the wash of the end of September’s rain madness was a local weather record. Woodford County recorded 9.09 inches of rain in a 24-hour span on September 27th and ...
Jeremy Scott Oct 03, 2019
Deadline looms for police academy
PEORIA, Ill. — It’s last call at the Peoria Police Department. The deadline to register for the PPD’s Citizens’ Police Academy was set for October 7th. A few spots as of Thursd...
Jeremy Scott Oct 03, 2019
New abortion clinic going up in Illinois, near St. Louis
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) – Planned Parenthood has quietly been building a new abortion clinic in Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, as Missouri women concerned about ...
Jeremy Scott Oct 03, 2019
Chicago teachers set strike date
CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Teachers Union said educators in the nation’s third-largest school district will go on strike starting Oct. 17 if there’s no deal on a contract. Union dele...
Jeremy Scott Oct 03, 2019
Rain Record Set In September
PEORIA Ill. – Peoria had its 8th wettest September with nearly 8-inches of rain at The Peoria International Airport. According 25-News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins Peoria was 13-inches ahea...
Mike Sabol Oct 02, 2019
Pritzker proclaims October as Cyber Security Awareness Month
PEORIA, Ill. – To recognize the importance of cyber security, Governor J.B. Pritzker has proclaimed October as Cyber Security Awareness Month. First recognized in 2004, this year’s nationa...
Kristina Leahy Oct 02, 2019
Civic Center parent merges
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Civic Center has gone Global. SMG, the venue management company that, for many years, oversaw the venue, announced Tuesday it merged with Los Angeles-based AEG Faciliti...
Jeremy Scott Oct 02, 2019

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