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UPDATE (7:03 p.m.) — According to Peoria Emergency Communications Center Supervisor Kristin Keyes, the road has been reopened. PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria Police Department has shut down Main Street hill at Crescent Avenue for a motor vehicle accident. Drivers should avoid the area at this time. This...

Galesburg police say they’ve arrested two women for identity theft. In one case, Christine Greene, 25, was found to have personal identity information for 37 people in Knox County and elsewhere, according to Knox County State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin. That includes dates of birth, driver’s license information, social...

PEORIA – A dispute over money led to the city's latest homicide, a Peoria County prosecutor told a judge Friday afternoon. The alleged shooter, Rev I. Blakes, 41, didn't deny shooting Michael Davis, Jr. late Tuesday afternoon. However, he told police he thought he had heard a gunshot prior and then saw Davis coming to him. ...

UPDATE 2:26 P.M. - Bond has been set for Rev Blakes, arrested in connection with Peoria’s latest homicide. Judge Albert Purham set a $2 million bond for Blakes, who admitted to shooting Michael Davis, Jr., 32, of the 1000 block of West McClure. According to a probable cause statement...

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - Some Peoria renters are concerned on where they might be living after having no hot water for eight days. The city left a notice saying if their landlord does not fix the hot water they are out of a home. It’s been eight days...

PEORIA – Peoria police have arrested a man suspected of a June 28 shooting that left a 32-year-old man dead. Rev I. Blakes, 41, was identified as a suspect by police shortly after the incident and was arrested on Thursday for first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. He is currently being held in the Peoria County Jail.

A former Bergner's storefront in Peoria has new life. On Wednesday, At Home officially opened its new location in The Shoppes at Grand Prairie in Peoria. The store, which is in the space that most recently housed Mattress Liquidators, offers customers nearly 87,000 square feet of home décor.  ...

Oklahoma will resume executions on Aug. 25 and carry out lethal injections in stages through the end of 2024 under a schedule made public Friday morning. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set 25 execution dates for convicted murderers who have exhausted appeals of their convictions and sentences. ...

PEORIA, Ill. – A big name in the history of the Peoria Manual High School basketball program has ascended to the top coaching job. The Peoria Public School Board has approved Marvin Jordan to become head coach of the Rams, replacing Willie Coleman, who resigned in June. Jordan —...

PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Firefighters say a house fire Friday afternoon was electrical in nature. Crews were called to a home on Forest Hill Avenue, near California, around 3:20 p.m. Fire officials say they could see smoke and flames coming from the upper level of the one and a...

PEORIA (25 News Now) - A Peoria man has been sentenced in federal court for burglarizing a gun store and possessing firearms as a felon. Corey A. Brooks, 30, of the 600 block of SW Adams Street, was sentenced to 63 months in prison as well as three years of supervised release.

PEORIA — Marvin Jordan is the new head coach of the Manual boys basketball team, the Peoria Public Schools board announced in a special meeting on Friday. Jordan was an assistant coach under Willie Coleman, who resigned the head coaching position in early June and was hired this week at Limestone as its new head coach.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The suspect in Tuesday’s shooting was located and arrested by Peoria Police after two days on the loose. The suspect, Rev I. Blakes, was located in the 2300 block of North Knoxville Avenue and arrested by members of Peoria Police Criminal Investigations Division and Special Investigations Division.

PEORIA — A Sangamon County man who pleaded guilty in January to federal charges in connection with a string of robberies at banks and convenience stores in Central Illinois in spring 2021, including the robbery of the Village Pantry in Paxton, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in federal prison.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria Police Department has made an arrest related to an armed robbery that occurred on June 13. According to a Peoria police press release, 45-year-old Valen T. Williams was arrested for armed robbery Thursday. The armed business robbery occurred at a business near Lincoln...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A power outage did not stop the Peoria Public School Board meeting Friday, as the board retired one of its own. Doug Shaw served on the board since 2016 and did not run for re-election this year. He said being on the board was an experience of a lifetime.

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - A pair of Peoria Manual girls basketball legends returned home on Thursday afternoon to host a high school hoops shootout at their alma mater. Carla McGhee and Jonelle Polk-McCloud were teammates together at Manual in the 1980s and returned home to share their love of the game and experiences with the next generation.

Coran Taylor has a new football home. The former Illinois and Peoria High all-state quarterback announced Friday he will continue his college career at Alabama A&M, according to a social media post. ...

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - Four people are expected to be OK after a rollover crash with entrapment in the southbound lanes of Route 6 south of War Memorial Drive in Peoria Thursday. The Peoria Fire Department says two people were trapped inside the vehicle and were freed after...