Category Archives: Local News
GasBuddy: Gas prices still climbing in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have jumped 29.8 cents per gallon in the last week, with an average of $3.68 on Monday, according to a GasBuddy. This surge means prices are now 76.3 cents ...
Mar 16, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
Peoria Manual boys' basketball claims 2A state title
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - For the first time in nearly three decades, the Peoria Manual Rams are kings of the basketball court. Manual defeated Quincy Notre Dame Saturday in the IHSA Class 2A boys' basketball...
Mar 15, 2026 (Peoria Manual High School)
Fire believed to be arson damages Averyville church
PEORIA, Ill. - Investigators believe arson is behind a fire at an abandoned church in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood. Peoria Fire says crews were called to Madison and Park just before 7:00 P.M. Fri...
Mar 14, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Second person dies after vehicle crash Thursday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A second person has died after a crash Thursday evening in Peoria. The crash occurred just after 9:15 P.M. at Allen and Altorfer, where a mid-sized sedan and an SUV collided head-on wit...
Mar 14, 2026
May trials set for 18-year-olds behind violent Peoria car chase
PEORIA, Ill. - Trial dates have been set for two 18-year-olds accused of being involved in a violent stolen vehicle chase through Peoria last month. Daviere Dillard and Quinzell Foy will have jury tri...
Mar 13, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Midwest Food Bank sends aid to Kankakee tornado victims
MORTON, Ill. - Midwest Food Bank is mobilizing efforts in Kankakee, Illinois after a destructive tornado and severe storms struck the area on Tuesday night. The powerful storms left widespread damage ...
Mar 13, 2026 (Midwest Food Bank)
Man sentenced for 2025 fatal shooting of girlfiend at North Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to nearly a century in prison for the shooting death of his girlfriend last year. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 46-year-old Derreck Ha...
Mar 13, 2026 (Peoria Co. Jail)
Illinois regulators say prediction markets are illegal gambling, but bettors - and the Trump family - love them
This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers Project and Capitol News Illinois. Reporting by Casey Toner, Hannah Meisel and Illinois Answers Project, Capitol News Illinois. (Capitol News Ill...
Mar 13, 2026 University of Chicago freshman Oliver Wilson analyzes interest rates bets on the Polymarket prediction market platform in his Hyde Park apartment late last year. Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan has pledged $20,000 to kickstart Wilson’s prediction market club at his university. (Credit: Victor Hilitski/For Illinois Answers Project)
Crash leaves one dead, three injured in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A head-on collision in Peoria Thursday night left one person dead and three others injured, including an infant. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said crews responded to reports of an ...
Mar 13, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
'Do what we can': Senate committee passes bill regulating loud commercials on streaming
Article Summary A Senate bill regulating the volume of commercials on streaming services so they can't be noticeably louder than entertainment content passed the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Com...
Mar 12, 2026 Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, right, speaks at a news conference Thursday. Turner is working with Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, on a bill that would regulate commercial volume on streaming services. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert.)
