Category Archives: Local News
Jeffrey Epstein Died By Suicide
(AP) - A former law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that Jeffrey Epstein has died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York. The medical examiner's office ...
Kristina Leahy Aug 10, 2019 New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File
Illinois GOP Urges Trump To Not Set Blagojevch Free
(AP) - The Illinois Republican Party's chairman is urging President Donald Trump not to follow through on the idea he broached this week of freeing imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Tim Schneide...
Kristina Leahy Aug 10, 2019 FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, speaks to reporters as his wife, Patti, listens at the federal building in Chicago. President Donald Trump says he is considering commuting the sentence of ex- Gov. Blagojevich and pardoning Martha Stewart. The comments came aboard Air Force One on Thursday, May 31, 2018, after he tweeted that he planned to pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza. Blagojevich, a Democrat, began serving his 14-year prison sentence on corruption convictions in 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Crews Battle Complex Fire Overnight
The Peoria Fire Department battled a complex house fire. Friday night Peoria Firefighter/Paramedics responded to a possible structure fire in the 2000 block of W. Lincoln Ave. When the first crews arr...
Kristina Leahy Aug 10, 2019
Two Teens Arrested In Connection To East Bluff Shooting
Police make new arrests in connection to a shooting on Peoria's East Bluff. On Monday, officers were called to the 400 block of E. Arcadia, and located a 17-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the a...
Mike Sabol Aug 09, 2019 Midwest Communications
Peoria Woman Injured in Rollover Accident
A Peoria woman is hospitalized after a rollover accident Friday morning in Woodford County. According to Illinois State Police, 35 year old Kanisha King was traveling north on Illinois Route 26 just s...
Rick Hirschmann Aug 09, 2019
Peoria Fire And EMT Ask City Council For Body Armor
The Peoria Fire Department is asking the city council for a budget amendment to buy EMT's 20 ballistic vests and 16 helmets for protection in the case of a mass shooting. Assistant Fire Chief Tony Ard...
Kristina Leahy Aug 09, 2019
New Law Aimed At Addressing Illinois Teacher Shortage
(AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation he says will remove a barrier for teacher candidates and help address a statewide shortage of teachers. The new law eliminates a requirement t...
Julia Bradley Aug 09, 2019
Trump Voices Optimism On Gun Background Checks
(AP) -President Donald Trump is voicing optimism that some sort of firearms background check measure will be instituted following the recent mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. Trump told reporters at t...
Julia Bradley Aug 09, 2019 AP/Evan Vucci
USDA Declares Ag Disaster In Illinois Due To Flooding
(Springfield) - Following Governor J.B. Pritzker's July 3 request in the wake of historic flooding across the state, Thursday the U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an agriculture disaster in...
Julia Bradley Aug 09, 2019 AP/Seth Perlman
Washington Leaders Discuss Gun Bill
(AP) - The top two congressional Democrats say President Donald Trump has assured them he will review a House-passed bill that expands federal background checks for gun sales. House Speaker Nancy Pelo...
Mike Sabol Aug 08, 2019