Category Archives: Local News
Overnight Adams Street closures highlight this week's road projects
PEORIA, Ill. - No demolition blast is scheduled this week at the McClugage Bridge but that does not mean traffic will not be affected by the continuing work. The Illinois Department of Transportation ...
Jun 01, 2025 Midwest Communications
New taxes on sports bets, nicotine products as Democrats pass $55.2B budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers wit...
Jun 01, 2025 House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and members of his Democratic caucus applaud members of their staff early Sunday morning after the chamber approved the $55.2 billion budget bill. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Illinois bill aims to lower cost of prescriptions, rein in pharmacy benefit managers
UPDATE - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill that seeks to control the rising cost of prescription drugs while also offering financial help for many small, independent pharmacies in Ill...
May 31, 2025 Illinois lawmakers are advancing legislation to impose more regulation and control over pharmacy benefit managers, firms that negotiate and manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of insurance plans. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Lawmakers unveil $55B spending plan with just 1 day left to pass it
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Democrats introduced what a leading budgeteer described as a $55 billion budget Friday evening ahead of a Saturday deadline to pass the fiscal year...
May 31, 2025 State Sen. Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, talks to reporters in the Capitol rotunda. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Body found in rural Kewanee
KEWANEE, Ill. - Henry County and Kewanee police are investigating the discovery of a body in a rural area west of Kewanee. The Kewanee Police Department posted on Facebook Friday a concerned citizen d...
May 31, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois criminal justice advocates tout 'Clean Slate' legislation as 'economic boon'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Criminal justice reform advocates say legislation to seal criminal records for certain nonviolent crimes, which passed Friday in the House, would unlock eco...
May 31, 2025 Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, speaks on the Illinois House floor on Friday, May 30. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Prosecutors ask judge to sentence ex-Speaker Madigan to 12.5 years in prison
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -Federal prosecutors are asking for a lengthy 12 -year prison sentence for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, calling the longtime Democratic power br...
May 31, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse after a jury convicted him on 10 of 23 corruption charges on Feb. 12, 2025. Ahead of his June 13 sentencing, federal prosecutors are recommending Madigan be sentenced to 12 ½ years in prison, plus a $1.5 million fine. The former speaker is asking for five years’ probation, including one year of home detention. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria coffee shop owner relays tariff concerns to Congressman Sorensen
PEORIA, Ill. - The owner of a Peoria coffee shop says tariffs imposed by the Trump administration would make it difficult to run his business. Intuition Coffee + Juice owner Ty Paluska was able to rel...
May 30, 2025 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) listens to concerns from Intuition Coffee + Juice, Ty Paluska, about the impact tariffs could have on his business. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Chillicothe police officer receives state recognition
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Chillicothe police officer has been honored by the state for his action in Officer David Buchanan was given the 2024 Illinois Law Enforcement Medal of Honor. He was among 23 offi...
May 30, 2025 (State of Illinois)
UPDATE: One person injured in Friday morning multi-vehicle crash in Peoria
UPDATED 1:35 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to a local hospital after a three-vehicle crash in Peoria Friday morning that spilled hazardous materials. Peoria Fire says the crash occurred in ...
May 30, 2025 An accident involving a semi and two vehicles shut down N. Knoxville and E. Forrest Hill Friday morning. (25 News)
