Category Archives: Local News
West Peoria officially opens new City Hall building
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new home for government in West Peoria. City leaders on Monday night cut the ribbon on a brand new City Hall building, at the corner of Rohmann and Sterling. The new buil...
Jul 21, 2025 West Peoria leaders cut the ribbon on the city's new City Hall building. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former ComEd CEO sentenced to 2 years for bribery scheme targeted at Madigan
Article Summary Former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore has been sentenced to 24 months in prison in addition to a $750,000 fine - the second of the "ComEd Four" to face sentencing after their...
Jul 21, 2025 Former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore walks out of Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Monday, July 21, after being sentenced to two years in prison and a $750,000 fine in connection to a bribery scheme centered on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pro- and anti-Trump supporters make voices heard in Fulton County
CANTON, Ill. - Fulton County's largest city was the site of political protesters from both sides of the aisle on Sunday. 25 News reports the Fulton County 50501 Movement had organized a "Good Trouble"...
Jul 21, 2025 (25 News)
Mannheim Steamroller bringing Christmas show to the Prairie Home Alliance Theater
PEORIA, Ill. - Chip Davis, founder and creator of Mannheim Steamroller, is celebrating 40 years of his Christmas concert tour with a stop in Peoria. Davis says the hallmark tour will begin on November...
Jul 21, 2025
'The public deserves to know.' State agency withholds details in girl's death
Article Summary An 18-year-old girl died in a foster home in Fairview Heights, Illinois, where she lived for four years. The state's Department of Children and Family Services is refusing to release a...
Jul 21, 2025 The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it can withhold details of the death of a child in its care until a criminal investigation and trial are completed, which can take years. (File photo/Capitol News Illinois)
Central Illinois band mourns passing of bassist after fatal crash in Missouri
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A Central Illinois band is mourning the death of its bassist after an out-of-state crash earlier this month. 25 News reports that 54-year-old Pete Ramsey of Bartonville is the vict...
Jul 21, 2025 (Deviant Rebel Media/Revel in Red)
Mission Peoria gets underway with Dream Center Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Over 150 teens, from youth groups from all over the country, are in Peoria this week. They're here for Mission Peoria with Dream Center Peoria. "They are living here at the Dream Center...
Jul 21, 2025 Mission Peoria is going on all week at Dream Center Peoria. (Dream Center Peoria website).
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices dip a bit, following a similar trend at the national level
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria dropped 2.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.32 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are 5.4 cents higher than a month ago and 34.8 cents...
Jul 21, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
No suspect information after Central Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating a late Saturday night shooting in Central Peoria. Spokesperson Simone Roth says officers were dispatched to the area near Sterling and Forrest Hill just ...
Jul 20, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Separate South Peoria shootings leave two wounded
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating two separate early Saturday morning shootings in South Peoria that each resulted in one person wounded. Police say the incidents were not related. Office...
Jul 20, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
