Category Archives: Local News
Rental fee limits, detention center regulations among bills to pass House
Article Summary After a short spring break, House lawmakers returned this week to pass dozens of bills out of the chamber. Among the bills were measures addressing apartment rental fees and regulating...
Apr 09, 2026 Three men in Customs and Border Protection uniforms stand on the roof of a Broadview immigration facility taking pictures of the surrounding area on Oct. 9, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Firefighters injured in Peoria residential fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Two firefighters were hurt after falling through a porch while battling a fire Thursday morning. Crews were called just after 7:15 a.m. to a home in the 3000 block of N. Sheridan Road i...
Apr 09, 2026 Peoria firefighters were called Thursday morning to Sheridan Road between Forrest Hill and Melbourne for a large fire. (Peoria Fire Department)
Illinois lawmakers begin days of deep dives on data centers
Article Summary The House Executive Committee met Wednesday to hear from mayors, unions and agriculture representatives about how data centers impact communities. The subject matter hearing was the fi...
Apr 09, 2026 Environmental advocates rally for greater data center regulation in Illinois at the Capitol on
Wednesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Update: Driver fleeing PPD is injured after jumping bridge gap
PEORIA, Ill. - An SUV, leading Peoria Police in a chase, crashed into an embankment after driving off a section of the Harmon Highway overpass still under construction early Wednesday morning. Peoria ...
Apr 09, 2026
Pekin law enforcement leaders react to arrest made in Robert Bee case
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County law enforcement leaders discuss a break in the case regarding the death of a 13-year-old Pekin boy nearly a decade ago. 48-year-old Keith Brackett has been charged with t...
Apr 08, 2026 Pekin Police Chief Seth Ranney speaks at a press conference announcing an arrest in the murder case of 13-year-old Robert Bee, who went missing in 2016. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arrest made in connection to 2016 homicide of 13-year-old Robert Bee
PEKIN, Ill. - An arrest has been made in connection to the nearly decade-old homicide of a Pekin child. Pekin Police Chief Seth Ranney and Tazewell County State's Attorney Kevin Johnson announced on W...
Apr 08, 2026 Tazewell County State's Attorney Kevin Johnson speaks at a press conference on April 8th, 2026 announcing an arrest made in connection to the 2016 death of 13-year-old Robert Bee of Pekin. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man sentenced to 18 years for abusing child in Peoria Heights Case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison for abusing a five-year-old boy left in his care in 2024. Carl Rogers Jr., 31, was sentenced for causing a traumatic brain inj...
Apr 08, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
License suspension or speed control? Lawmakers explore alternative for reckless drivers
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois Article Summary Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that could allow drivers with suspended licenses to continue driving with a speed control device in the...
Apr 08, 2026 A LifeSafer intelligence speed assistance device installed in a vehicle. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
Tenants start moving in to South Peoria's Churchview Garden Homes
PEORIA, Ill. - Tenants are starting to move into the newest housing complex in South Peoria. The first tenants have moved into the Churchview Garden Homes complex at Shelley and Antoinette. The comple...
Apr 08, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Guilty Plea in North Valley Home Invasion
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to Home Invasion. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says 39-year-old D...
Apr 08, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
