Category Archives: Local News
'You preferred secrecy and lies': Madigan confidant gets 2 years for role in ComEd bribery scheme
Article Summary Mike McClain, who spent decades as one of the most influential lobbyists in Springfield due to his close relationship with Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, has been sentenced to...
Jul 24, 2025 Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, a former close friend and advisor to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, July 24, after receiving a two-year prison sentence. McClain was convicted in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial in which McClain and other lobbyists and executives for electric utility Commonwealth Edison were found guilty of having orchestrated a yearslong bribery scheme targeted at Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Police investigate reported robbery of postal worker
PEORIA, Ill. - An investigation is underway after a postal worker was robbed in South Peoria. Peoria Police says the 62-year-old female postal worker was reportedly robbed at gunpoint in the area of B...
Jul 24, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Two teenagers arrested after search warrant executed at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers, one wanted on warrants from multiple counties, were arrested at a Peoria apartment complex on Wednesday. Peoria Police says a wanted 15-year-old male entered a residence ...
Jul 24, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
MacArthur Highway project in Peoria to begin before summer's end
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria will soon begin a multi-year project to improve one of its main roads. Work is scheduled to start next month at the earliest on a $10-million project for MacArthur Hi...
Jul 24, 2025 (City of Peoria)
Chicago man's death in Peoria investigated as possibly heat-related
PEORIA, Ill. - An investigation is underway after a possible heat-related death of a Chicago man in Peoria on Wednesday. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 61-year-old Tyrone Smith was found unr...
Jul 24, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Murder-for-hire plot allegedly orchestrated by Pekin woman detailed in court documents
PEKIN, Ill. - More details have been released in court documents regarding the arrest of a Pekin woman for allegedly attempting to have her husband murdered. 48-year-old Allison Salinas is charged wit...
Jul 24, 2025 Tazewell County Courthouse (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Whitney's Walk promotes suicide prevention and raises funds for initiatives
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - Whitney's Walk, a 5K event that's held the last Saturday in July at Jubilee College State Park, is back this weekend. Carle Health's Nicole Hayse, from the Center for Philanthropy, s...
Jul 24, 2025 (Whitney's Walk For Life--Facebook)
Crash on westbound I-74 leaves one person injured
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A single-vehicle crash near Deer Creek sent one person to a hospital Thursday morning. Illinois State Police were called around 7:45 a.m. to the crash near mile marker 108 in t...
Jul 24, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Four men indicted for allegedly dumping gas into the Pekin sewer system
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal grand jury indicted four men on July 15 for allegedly dumping gasoline into the Pekin sewer system in 2021. Court documents show the men, Matthew Mackey, Nicholas Johnson, Gar...
Jul 24, 2025 Four men have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly dumping gas into the Pekin sewer system at All Around Auto and Tire. (25 News)
Washington council updates parking rules on the square
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Parking restrictions in Washington's square downtown are changing after nearly 25 years. The City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Monday night to amend the parking code in t...
Jul 24, 2025 Parking rules have been changed in Washington's downtown square. (25 News)
