Category Archives: Local News
Arizona man sentenced for mailing fentanyl to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - An Arizona man will spend a decade in federal prison after mailing fentanyl to a Peoria address in 2023. The Department of Justice says 38-year-old Terence Michael Carroll was sentenced...
Aug 20, 2025 courtroom gavel
Senate President Harmon appeals $10M fine for improper campaign contributions
Article Summary The Illinois State Board of Elections fined Senate President Don Harmon $9.8 million for accepting greater campaign donations than the law allowed in 2024. Harmon loaned his campaign m...
Aug 20, 2025 Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, is pictured on the Senate floor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: 15-year-old injured after shooting near Peoria Manual High School, PPS releases statement
UPDATED 4:02 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools says a normal schedule is planned for Manual High School on Thursday after a shooting incident near the school this Wednesday afternoon. Peoria P...
Aug 20, 2025
Peoria Public Schools unveil Glen Barton School to the public
PEORIA, Ill. - The ribbon was cut on the new home for alternative programs at Peoria Public Schools. School and community leaders celebrated the opening of the Glen Barton School on Wednesday morning,...
Aug 20, 2025 Streamers are popped as Peoria Public Schools and city leaders cut the ribbon on the Glen Barton School. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Update: Ducks sold out for 37th Duck Race for the Center for Prevention of Abuse
Updated 10:40 a.m. (8/21) PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Duck Race for the Center for Prevention of Abuse is one of the longest-running races of its kind...and it's back this weekend. This is the event's 37t...
Aug 20, 2025 (Center for Prevention of Abuse via Facebook)
Washington nurse given sex offender probation for inappropriately touching a minor
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - A Washington man's nursing license has been suspended, but it's possible he won't spend any time behind bars after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of sexually abu...
Aug 20, 2025 (Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
Peoria man to be resentenced for 2022 DUI crash that killed a Bartonville teen
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - A Peoria man will be resentenced after an appeal court overturned the maximum sentence he was given for a deadly high-speed crash over three years ago that killed a Bar...
Aug 20, 2025 Clayton Bell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Leaders celebrate 50th anniversary Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - The legacy of a Pekin-native who helped pass some of the most notable pieces of legislation in United States history was celebrated at the place that bears his name. Leaders across centr...
Aug 19, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Morton Police addresses sounding of sirens during Monday's severe weather
MORTON, Ill. - Although a tornado did not drop from the skies Monday night in central Illinois, sirens went off in the village of Morton. Severe weather rolled through the area on Monday night, with s...
Aug 19, 2025 (Morton Police)
Election lawyers, Obama alumni renew Illinois redistricting reform push
Article Summary Former federal officials are backing an effort to reform the state legislature's redistricting process. Congressional districts would be unaffected. Illinois' state Senate map gives a ...
Aug 19, 2025 Bill Daley, left, and Ray LaHood, right, speak at a launch event for their campaign to change how Illinois draws its legislative maps. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
