Category Archives: Local News
Judge rules feds can't block Illinois' disaster funding in response to immigration laws
Article Summary Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul won a court order barring the Trump administration from withholding federal emergency funding for Illinois because it is a "sanctuary state." A ju...
Sep 25, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Deputy injured after crash in Tazewell County early Thursday morning
GREEN VALLEY, Ill. - A Tazewell County Sheriff's deputy was injured after a crash early Thursday morning in rural Green Valley. The sheriff's office says the deputy's vehicle was parked southbound alo...
Sep 25, 2025 Will Stevenson/1470-100.3 WMBD
Pipe burst at Tazewell County animal shelter
PEKIN, Ill. - A Tazewell County animal shelter is asking for help after a pipe burst overnight. In a Facebook post, TAPS in Pekin says its building was flooded after the pipe burst sometime between We...
Sep 25, 2025 (TAPS Pekin)
Taste of the Heights event returns with over 20 vendors this year
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Taste of the Heights returns to Prospect Road's restaurant row Thursday night. The Heights' Hannah Hernandez says there'll be 21 food and drink vendors on hand...nearly double t...
Sep 25, 2025 (Village of Peoria Heights)
Parents tell Peoria Public Schools what the next superintendent should be like
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria Public Schools held a town hall on Wednesday, giving parents and the community a chance to discuss what they'd like to see in a new superintendent. The school board is ...
Sep 25, 2025 The CEO of From the Heart Educational Services, LLC spoke on Wednesday at a town hall at Peoria Central High School. (25 News)
Woodford County fatal crash victim identified by Peoria County Coroner
PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal crash involving a motorcycle Tuesday morning in Woodford County has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 42-year-old Allen Skaggs of Normal su...
Sep 24, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria wins Expo Gardens property in auction
PEORIA, Ill. - It took an extra step or two, but the city of Peoria now owns the Expo Gardens property. City Manager Patrick Urich says the property was won in a foreclosure auction Wednesday afternoo...
Sep 24, 2025 (Expo Gardens)
Illinois health department recommends COVID vaccines for all adults
Article Summary The Illinois Department of Public Health recommended all adults receive the COVID-19 vaccine this fall. The decision goes against recent guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...
Sep 24, 2025 Signs advertise autumn vaccinations at a pharmacy in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
The Peoria Fine Art Fair returns for a 63rd year on the riverfront this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - The 63rd Peoria Fine Art Fair returns to Riverfront Festival Park this weekend. The Peoria Fine Art Guild's new executive director, Megan Scott, says she loves the access to art the fai...
Sep 24, 2025 The Peoria Fine Art Fair is this Saturday and Sunday on the Peoria Riverfront. (Peoria Art Guild)
US auto safety regulator opens probe into 17,000 Rivian delivery vans
(Reuters) -The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it had opened a preliminary evaluation into 17,198 Rivian electric delivery vans over seat belt concerns. The probe...
Sep 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Rivian logo is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
