Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker kicks off re-election campaign
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In a hot gymnasium on Chicago's South Side, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday morning he's running for a potentially historic third term as governor. In his a...
Jun 26, 2025 (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria mayor stresses investments in city in State of the City address
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Mayor Rita Ali says the city has an "amazing history," and wants to keep it that way with investments. "Investing in Peoria's Future" was the theme of Rita Ali's 2025 "State of t...
Jun 26, 2025 Peoria Mayor Rita Ali delivers the 2025 "State of the City" address at the Peoria Civic Center ballroom. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
East Peoria teen identified after being hit, killed by a train in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. - An East Peoria teen was identified on Thursday after being struck and killed by a train in Normal. The McLean County Coroner says 19-year-old James Camden died from multiple blunt force...
Jun 26, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Eureka chiropractor sentenced for scheming to defraud Medicare and a number of insurance companies
PEORIA, Ill. - A Eureka chiropractor, 48-year-old Carrie Musselman, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution for scheming to defraud Med...
Jun 26, 2025 Midwest Communications
Pritzker set to kick off re-election campaign Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor J-B Pritzker will kick off his re-election campaign for a third term on Thursday with a statewide tour. Over the next two days, the governor will be talking about his comm...
Jun 26, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in Chicago prior to signing a bill aimed at giving more Illinoisans who leave a correctional facility access to a free state ID. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Man sentenced for shooting in Peoria's East Bluff that paralyzed ex-girlfriend
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been sentenced for a shooting in Peoria's East Bluff last year that left his former girlfriend paralyzed. 25 News reports Deandre Ward was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wedn...
Jun 25, 2025 Brian Turner / CC
Peoria provides more support and funding to organization helping house homeless population
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria is providing more funding to reimburse a non-profit organization that's housing homeless people in a motel. City council on Tuesday night approved up to $64,000 to re...
Jun 25, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Three teenagers arrested after two accidently shot in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers have been arrested after two of them were accidentally shot Tuesday night in Peoria's East Bluff. Peoria Police says officers responded just after 9:00 P.M. to the area ...
Jun 25, 2025
Man sentenced for role in fatal crash near Peoria shopping center in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A Hanna City man has learned his fate after pleading guilty in May to a fatal crash two years ago near the Shoppes of Grand Prairie. 25 News reports Jeremy Perry was sentenced to a tota...
Jun 25, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria Zoo celebrating new zebra's arrival with a naming contest
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo has a new resident in its "Africa!" exhibit...a Grevy's zebra. The zebra came to the Peoria Zoo in March from a Conservation Center in Florida. He's described as striking...
Jun 25, 2025 The Peoria Zoo has a new Grevy's Zebra. They're asking the public to help give him a name.
