Category Archives: Local News
Process for beatification for Archbishop Fulton Sheen moves forward
PEORIA, Ill. - The pathway to sainthood for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been blessed by the Vatican. The Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced Monday that Beatification for Sheen was approved by the...
Feb 9, 2026 Archbishop Fulton Sheen (right) is hugging Pope John Paul II in this 1979 photo. (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation)
Taxpayers could be on the hook for millions in cleanup costs from oil and gas wells
Article Summary A new report suggests Illinois could be on the hook for plugging and cleaning up thousands of inactive and abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across the state. Oil production was on...
Feb 9, 2026 An oil well pumpjack is pictured. (Photo by arcturusangel at Morguefile.com)
Peoria Co. Sheriff's deputy released from the hospital over the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff's Deputy Jack Evans was released from the hospital on Saturday, after being shot on January 31. Deputy Evans was escorted home by his fellow deputies, Peoria Polic...
Feb 9, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices up nearly 10 cents in the last week
PEORIA, Ill. - Drivers in Peoria are seeing higher prices at the pump, as the average price of gas has risen nearly 10 cents a gallon in the last week. GasBuddy says the average price of gas in Peoria...
Feb 9, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
South Peoria fire causes $75,000 damage on Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - Fire displaced a South Peoria family of four on Sunday. Damage is estimated at $75,000. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Stephen Rada said crews were called to a home in the area of W. Monta...
Feb 9, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Former commander of Peoria's 182nd Airlift Wing promoted to Brigadier General
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Air National Guard Director of Staff Colonel Steven Rice, and previous commander of Peoria's 182nd Airlift Wing, has been promoted again, to Brigadier General. The promotion wa...
Feb 7, 2026 Illinois Air National Guard Director of Staff Colonel Steven Rice, and previous commander of Peoria’s 182nd Airlift Wing, has been promoted to Brigadier General. (1470 and 100.3 WMBD--Mike Wild)
New documentary commemorates the 45th anniversary of the St. Jude Memphis to Peoria Run
PEORIA, Ill. - A documentary celebrating 45 years of the St. Jude Memphis to Peoria Run premieres next month. Co-founder Mike McCoy says the idea came in 1980, at Landmark Fitness, while he and a few ...
Feb 7, 2026 Participants in the 43nd annual Memphis to Peoria Run travel through the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
(St. Jude Runs Facebook Page)
Judge blocks Trump's $10B child care funding freeze that targeted blue states, including Illinois
Article Summary A judge for the Southern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction to block the Trump administration from freezing $10 billion for child care and family services program The...
Feb 7, 2026 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks about his office's actions against the Trump Administration during a January 20, 2026 press conference marking the 1-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's 2nd inauguration (Capitol News Illinois by Maggie Dougherty).
DUI crash in Peoria leaves man seriously injured Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman is facing multiple charges, including Driving Under the Influence and Aggravated Reckless Driving, after a two-vehicle crash Friday night that left a man seriously injure...
Feb 7, 2026 28-year-old Ganala Johnson. (Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker's new budget report could set tone for conservative 2027 spending plan
Article Summary The governor's office sought to quantify the cost of federal funding cuts, freezes and policy changes less than two weeks before he is scheduled to give his annual budget address. The ...
Feb 6, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from a reporter in October 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
