Category Archives: Local News
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
Arson appears to be the cause of a fire overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a structure fire early Wednesday morning in the area of Eureka Street and Homestead Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin says crews arrived just a...
Sep 24, 2025 Midwest Communications
Ex-GOP nominee for AG Tom DeVore temporarily loses law license over inappropriate client relationship
Article Summary Tom DeVore, who unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for Illinois attorney general in 2022, will lose his law license for 60 days, per a recent Illinois Supreme Court order. During the e...
Sep 24, 2025 Former Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore is pictured at the Illinois State Fair in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
