Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker defends Illinois' immigration laws in theatrical congressional hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois' immigration policies as he was peppered with questions from members of the...
Jun 12, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Pritzker and two other Democratic governors were summoned to address the committee about “sanctuary state” policies. (Screenshot from U.S. House Oversight Committee livestream)
Raoul's office to receive $15.7M budget increase for operations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In a year when many state agencies received little or no funding increase, state lawmakers this year approved an increase of $15.7 million, or 22.4%, for ge...
Jun 12, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul talks with new Republican state Sen. Darby Hills, of Barrington Hills, on the Senate floor on May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Sex offender arrested after alleged sexual assault at East Peoria gym
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A registered sex offender from Pekin has been arrested after allegedly entering a woman's vehicle in East Peoria and sexually assaulting her. East Peoria Police say 35-year-old Rya...
Jun 12, 2025 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Power washing scam suspect identified by Peoria County Sheriff's Office
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has identified the suspect who is allegedly behind a power washing scam in the county. The office says Stanley Dais is believed to be driving i...
Jun 12, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
West Nile virus found in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - West Nile virus has now been found in Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Health Department says a mosquito pool collected in Morton on Tuesday tested positive for the virus the next d...
Jun 12, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
CityLink makes interim general manager permanent with hiring
PEORIA, Ill. - The temporary title has been removed from the leader for CityLink and the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District. Kofi Kisseh was announced on Wednesday as the new general manager. He had...
Jun 12, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Peoria Zoo's black-handed spider money, Butch, passes away
PEORIA, Ill. - A longtime resident of the Peoria Zoo has passed away. The zoo announced on Thursday the death of its "beloved" black-handed spider monkey, Butch. Butch was 52 years old, and believed t...
Jun 12, 2025 (Peoria Zoo)
UPDATE: Tazewell County 911 back in operation
UPDATED 2:41 P.M. TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Tazewell County says its 911 lines are back in operation. In a Facebook post just before 2:30 P.M., the county announced its lines were fixed and active, but ...
Jun 12, 2025 Abdulla Al Muhairi / CC
Family of Dunlap student killed in car crash reaches settlement
PEORIA, Ill. - The family of a Dunlap teen killed in a car crash has settled a lawsuit with the other driver. In May 2024, 18-year-old Dunlap High School Senior Nevaeh Mitchell was killed in a head-on...
Jun 12, 2025 Midwest Communications
Pritzker to tell Congress 'both parties are to blame' for broken immigration system
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker will tell a congressional committee Thursday that America's immigration problems are a result of a bipartisan failure to reform the country...
Jun 12, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters following an event at the Illinois State Library in Springfield on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
