Category Archives: Local News
Illinois time change may cause confusion at Missouri border
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A proposal in Illinois to make daylight saving time permanent has some residents and business owners worried about the confusion it could cause at the Missouri border. Many ...
Dec 31, 2019 MWC- (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
What to know about recreational cannabis
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- The new year fast approaching and so is the legalization of adult use cannabis. While it may be legal for someone 21 or older to purchase, use, possess, and transport cannabis...
Dec 30, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Early morning fire destroys Morton home
MORTON, Ill. -- Firefighters were called around 5:15 a.m. Monday to 312 W. Pershing Street, near the Morton Library, for a house fire. Morton Fire Chief Joe Kelly said the home was fully engulfed in f...
Dec 30, 2019 (25 News)
Armed congregants kill gunman who shot 2 at Texas church
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) - Texas officials are praising the armed churchgoers who fatally shot a gunman inside a Fort Worth area church. Officials say the gunman opened fire Sunday at the West Fre...
Dec 30, 2019 An FBI agent stands outside West Freeway Church of Christ as authorities continue to investigate a fatal shooting at the church, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in White Settlement, Texas. (AP Photo/David Kent)
Kitchen Cooked closing plant in merger with Utz
BUSHNELL, Ill. -- Farmington-based Kitchen Cooked Chips plans to shutter its facility in Bushnell after more than 40 years in the community. Paul Blackhurst, a representative with Kitchen Cooked, told...
Dec 30, 2019 (kitchencooked.net)
Legal marijuana sales may spark Midwest interstate tension
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois is joining Michigan as the only Midwestern states broadly allowing the sale and use of marijuana. But consumers must be aware that cannabis remains illegal in surrounding state...
Dec 29, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
CityLink shuts down bus service on New Year's Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink buses will not run on the first day of the new year. Emily Watson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for CityLink, said that the buses will also have a shorter schedu...
Dec 29, 2019 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Monarch Music Hall in Peoria closes
PEORIA. Ill. -- The Monarch Music Hall is no more. The venue's ownership group has decided not to renew the lease and will book no more shows. The final show was Chicago Farmer on Wednesday night. On ...
Dec 28, 2019 Courtesy of Monarch Music Hall Facebook page
Man who made 27,000 crosses for shooting victims is retiring
AURORA, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man who made more than 27,000 crosses to commemorate victims of mass shootings across the country is retiring. According to The Beacon-News, Greg Zanis came to realize ...
Dec 28, 2019 (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Illinois unemployment data released
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The unemployment rate in Illinois decreased in November of 2019. Thirteen Illinois metropolitan areas had increased job growth according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Bu...
Dec 27, 2019
