Category Archives: Local News
Next round of McClugage Bridge demolition scheduled Monday
PEORIA, Ill - The Illinois Department of Transportation has scheduled another demolition event at the former eastbound span of the McClugage Bridge. The demolition event will take place, weather permi...
Jul 13, 2025 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Traffic shift on Moss Avenue highlights area road work
PEORIA, Ill. - A traffic pattern change in Peoria will highlight a couple of road construction projects in the area this week. Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, westbound traffic on Moss Avenue between Inst...
Jul 13, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Peoria residents stage Stop the Violence March
PEORIA, Ill. - More than two dozen people marched from Peoria City Hall through South Peoria Saturday, encouraging the community to help reduce violence in the city. The Stop the Violence March comes ...
Jul 13, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Storms leave hundreds without power
MORTON, Ill. - Scattered power outages are reported in the Tri-County area after last night's storms. At its peak, Ameren Illinois reported 858 customers without power, mainly in the Morton area. The ...
Jul 12, 2025 Ameren Illinois
Downsized Heart of Illinois Fair begins Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Heart of Illinois Fair has substantially downsized this summer, and event organizers are hesitant to call it a "fair." This year, the event will feature only motor sports, like a tr...
Jul 12, 2025 Photo: 25 News
Trump's "big bill" takes center stage in Illinois' U.S. Senate race
PEORIA, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -With major future cuts to social service programs now written into law, Democrats seeking Illinois' open U.S. Senate seat in 2026 are hitting the campaign trail s...
Jul 11, 2025 U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, left, meets with independent pharmacy owners, including Dave Bagot of Petersburg Pharmacy (right), in Petersburg on Friday, July 11, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
IDPH claims measles outbreak in Illinois is over
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - While concern over a resurgence in measles cases nationwide grows, the Illinois Department of Public Health is taking steps to prevent cases from showing up here. In an earlier rep...
Jul 11, 2025 (Illinois Department of Public Health)
Second defendant pleads guilty in connection to armed robbery death
PEORIA, Ill. - One man has pleaded guilty to a charge of armed robbery in connection with Facebook marketplace robbery that left one man dead. 20-year-old Keshawn Williams was one of five people charg...
Jul 11, 2025 Midwest Communications
Feds seek nearly 6 years in prison for Madigan confidant Mike McClain
'ComEd Four' defendants set for sentencing more than 2 years after convictions Article summary Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, who spent decades as a close friend and advisor to former Ill...
Jul 11, 2025 Mike McClain, a longtime Springfield lobbyist and confidant to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 12, after a jury deadlocked on all six corruption charges alleged against both him and Madigan. But McClain was convicted on related charges in the “ComEd Four” trial in 2023 and faces sentencing later this month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria teen pleads not guilty in tow yard murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager accused of killing a man while speeding out of a tow yard during a carjacking pleaded not guilty in court Thursday. 18-year-old Terrance Shaw was arrested in June alon...
Jul 11, 2025 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
