Category Archives: Local News
Former senior living facility in East Peoria targeted for conversion into apartments
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A former senior living facility in East Peoria could be revived as multi-family housing. Accolade EP Rentals received preliminary approval last week from commissioners for a specia...
Dec 23, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
New laws: Illinois' grocery tax to end, aquifer protections begin
Article Summary Nearly 300 Illinois laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Illinois' 1% statewide grocery tax will be eliminated, but more than half the state's cities and towns have passed an ordinan...
Dec 23, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a Springfield grocery store in 2022 in favor of temporarily eliminating the state’s grocery tax. Four years later, the tax will end permanently, at least statewide. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
South Peoria home damaged after alleged arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson is being blamed for a fire at a South Peoria house Monday night. Peoria Fire says crews responded to the area of Howett and Madison Park Terrace just before 9:30 P.M., finding smo...
Dec 23, 2025
Washington places question regarding golf carts on city streets on ballot
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington residents will get to make their voices heard about a different form of transportation in the city. The city council last week approved a non-binding referendum for the M...
Dec 22, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman injured after shooting in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman was injured after a shooting early Sunday morning in South Peoria. Peoria Police says seven shots were fired in the area of Charlton and McBean just after 1:15 A.M., but did not...
Dec 22, 2025
2025 Illinois banned personalized license plate combinations released
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says some people got a little too creative this year with custom license plates. In a video posted on Monday, Secretary of State Alexi...
Dec 22, 2025 (Illinois Secretary of State via Facebook)
State grants allow small Illinois farmers to develop local food-sharing networks
Article Summary Past recipients of Illinois' Local Food Infrastructure Grant say the investment has had ripple effects, allowing them to share knowledge and equipment with other local food producers. ...
Dec 22, 2025 Sola Gratia farm manager John Williams pulls leaves from a cabbage while standing in the farm’s last rows of outdoor leafy greens for the season. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
PFD: Arson to blame for fire Sunday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be to blame for a fire late Sunday night in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston said crews were called to a home on W. Columbia Terrace, between N. Bourland and M...
Dec 22, 2025 Midwest Communications
Finalists for PPS superintendent job will participate in town hall meetings
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools' Board of Education has chosen two finalists for the superintendent's job. Those finalists will meet with the public at two town hall meetings in January. PPS says...
Dec 22, 2025 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping ahead of the Christmas holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 7.7 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $2.85 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Peoria's prices are 30.7 cents lower than last month and 29.2 ce...
Dec 22, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
