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2 taken to hospital after vehicle driven fully inside building
PEORIA (25News Now) - The driver of a vehicle and a business employee were taken to a hospital after a vehicle was driven completely inside a building. Peoria Fire Department Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says the employee of Direct Travel was pinned inside the building and the driver had to be extricated from the vehicle.
PCCEO fired multiple employees due to alleged illegal gift card use
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A major Peoria not-for-profit organization announced Thursday that it’s fired several employees due to the alleged illegal distribution of gift cards. The announcement came at a hastily called press conference at the main office of PCCEO, Inc., located 711 W. McBean St. PCCEO, which...
Vespa: Stephanie Jones is ‘a bald-faced liar’ and hands down a 100-year prison sentence
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — For starving her son to death, for beating him and then blaming others for it, the mother of Navin Jones will likely spend the rest of her life in prison after a judge handed down a 100-year prison term. Stephanie Jones, 37, said nothing when...
Person rescued after vehicle goes into Peoria ravine
PEORIA (25News Now) - One person is hospitalized with serious injures after the vehicle they were end went down 20 feet into a ravine Wednesday night. It happened around 7:45 PM Wednesday night on North Gale Avenue. When firefighters arrived, they found the vehicle in a ravine, with the only...
Former Peoria High all-stater finds new NCAA women's college basketball home
Denali Craig-Edwards has found a new college basketball home. The former Peoria High all-stater announced on social media Tuesday that she will be continuing her playing career at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She decided in March to transfer from Western Michigan where she spent her freshman season. "Home," Craig-Edwards...
Monmouth College, OSF HealthCare to establish 3+1 nursing program
A local liberal arts college and a Peoria college of nursing are teaming up to provide a new educational opportunity — and address a critical shortage of nurses. Monmouth College and OSF HealthCare will establish a 3+1 nursing program, pending final approval from the Higher Education Commission. Through the...
PCCEO fires several employees due to misconduct of distributing gift cards
PEORIA (25News Now) - The nonprofit, Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity (PCCEO) announced Thursday that several employees were terminated due to discovering the inappropriate misconduct of distributing gift cards. According to the Interim CEO/President John Edwards, law enforcement has been notified about these allegations and are currently investigating the...
Peoria High grad leaves Southern Illinois coaching staff for future Big 12 Conference school
Jerrance Howard is heading back to the Big 12 Conference. The Peoria native and 20-year assistant college basketball coach has joined the men's staff at Arizona State, he announced on social media last week. Howard spent last season as an assistant coach for Southern Illinois. Coaching:Illinois basketball hires former assistant...
Petersen's sale of nursing homes hits a snag as creditor objects to bankruptcy process
A federal bankruptcy judge is encouraging Petersen Health Care to work out a dispute with one of its creditors and avoid a protracted legal fight that could drag out uncertainty for nursing home residents and their families. Judge Thomas Horan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware said Tuesday there's...
Friendship House CEO to receive governor’s award
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The CEO and president of Friendship House in Peoria is being recognized by the governor for his work in the community. Marcellus Sommerville will accept the ‘Governor’s Volunteer Service Award’ at a ceremony on Thursday in Chicago. “It’s an honor, honestly, and...
St. Louis man given 99 years for killing elderly Peoria doctor in 2021
PEORIA (25News Now) - A St. Louis man was sentenced Thursday to 99-years in prison for killing 92-year-old Peoria Dr. Willliam Marshall in January of 2021. A jury in late February found Robert Ely guilty of fatally stabbing Dr. Marshall and stealing seven antique paintings from Marshall worth just over $200,000.
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