Category Archives: Local News
Canton man facing drug and weapons charges
CANTON, Ill. - A Canton man is in custody after authorities executed a search warrant on his home. Canton Police say Richard B. Murphy, 50, was arrested on several drug and weapons charges after the w...
Aug 09, 2025 Photo: Canton Police Department/Facebook
Bears looking to help from lawmakers to build stadium
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (25 News/Associated Press) - The Chicago Bears want to start moving dirt this year toward construction of a domed stadium in suburban Arlington Heights. But, it will take some big ti...
Aug 09, 2025 An artist rendering of the Chicago Bears’ stadium proposal. (Photo
provided by the Chicago Bears)
UPDATE: CEO reacts after Peoria agency that serves low-income people loses state grants
UPDATED 5:32 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity says help will still get to the people that need it the most. PCCEO CEO Denise Moore spoke on Friday...
Aug 08, 2025 Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity building. (25 News)
Judge denies ex-Speaker Madigan's request to remain out of prison during appeal
Article Summary A judge has denied former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's motion to remain free as the legal appeal process plays out for both his corruption conviction and prison sentence. M...
Aug 08, 2025 Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan departs the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after receiving a 7 ½-year prison sentence on corruption charges on June 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
DHS Secretary Noem defends ICE tactics in second Illinois visit
Article Summary: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made her second visit to Illinois Friday to call on the state to end "sanctuary" immigration laws. Rep. Barbara Hernandez filed a bill in Sprin...
Aug 08, 2025 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference at a Homeland Security office in Lombard on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Screenshot via U.S. Department of Homeland Security livestream)
Peoria County judge orders man to remain in jail after allegedly shooting brother in West Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A judge has granted a petition to detain a man in prison after allegedly shooting his brother inside a home in Peoria on Thursday afternoon. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office ...
Aug 08, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Endowment established at Peoria Riverfront Museum to honor longtime member
PEORIA, Ill. - A new endowment has been established at the Peoria Riverfront Museum by a longtime member and supporter. The museum announced Friday the Mike Rucker Endowment Fund for Science, made pos...
Aug 08, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
Central Illinois school districts learn payout amounts from evidence-based funding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - School districts across central Illinois are receiving a portion of more than $300 million issued by the state in its evidence-based funding formula for fiscal year 26. The formula...
Aug 08, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Update: Mississippi River reopens north of St. Louis after fatal helicopter crash
Updated at 9:11 a.m. CHICAGO (Reuters) -The Mississippi River has reopened to vessel traffic north of St. Louis after closing because a helicopter crashed into a barge on Thursday, killing two people,...
Aug 08, 2025 Smoke rises after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River in Alton, Illinois, U.S. August 7, 2025 in this screen grab from video. Adam Briggs/TMX/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. Verification: -River shore, dam and locks matched file and satellite imagery -Date confirmed by local authoritiesxxx in this picture obtained from social media.
Peoria apartment fire causes extensive damage Thursday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - An apartment fire in Peoria Thursday afternoon reportedly caused $60,000 damage. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says crews were sent to an apartment complex on W. Woodhill Lane aroun...
Aug 08, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
