Category Archives: Local News
Village of Morton approves borrowing $7.5M as construction begins on new fire station
MORTON (25News Now) - Construction is underway on a new fire station in Morton after the Village Board approved $7.5 million in borrowing to finance the project this week. The new station, located at ...
Oct 23, 2026 (Village of Morton Facebook)
Illinois regulators move to bring video gambling under self-exclusion program
Article Summary The Illinois Gaming Board proposed new rules Thursday that would bring the state's network of nearly 50,000 video gambling machines into the program that allows problem gamblers to ban...
Oct 22, 2026 Slot machines light up the front window of a bar in Golconda, Illinois. (Credit: Julia Rendleman for Capitol News Illinois)
Bartonville 10-year-old to compete for national title at World Series
BRIMFIELD, Ill. (25News Now) - A 10-year-old from Bartonville is headed to the World Series to compete for a national championship in MLB's Pitch, Hit and Run competition. Ava Gossett won the local Pi...
Oct 22, 2026 25 News
1 taken to hospital after morning crash in Peoria
PEORIA (25News Now) - A crash between a vehicle and a semi Thursday morning in Peoria is being investigated. Peoria Police said the crash happened around 9:15 a.m. in the area of Knoxville Avenue and ...
Oct 22, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Metamora, Creve Coeur look to expand business development
(25News Now) - The Village of Metamora and Creve Coeur are looking to expand housing and commercial opportunities, and they're asking cities like East Peoria to join in their economic development. Cur...
Oct 22, 2026 (Tazewell County)
Bill aims to study how self-driving vehicles can be integrated into public transit
Article Summary State Rep. Kam Buckner urged the Northern Illinois Transit Authority to study how autonomous vehicles could work with existing transit networks. Buckner called for a formal framework, ...
Oct 22, 2026 A Google-operated Waymo vehicle drives through Chicago’s Near North Side, with a driver, as the company begins testing and mapping the city in March 2026. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Georgia Epiphaniou)
Rare Lincoln photo from 1858 unveiled at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. (25News Now) - A rare photograph of Abraham Lincoln, more than 160 years old, has returned to Peoria. The Peoria Riverfront Museum unveiled the image Tuesday as part of its 14th anniversa...
Oct 21, 2026 25 News
Voters in three Peoria County townships to weigh in on Illinois pension investment restrictions
PEORIA TOWNSHIP (25News Now) - Voters in Peoria, Medina and Kickapoo townships will see an advisory question on their Nov. 3 ballots asking whether lawmakers should support legislation that would remo...
Oct 21, 2026 Peoria County
Stratton, Tracy clash over Trump, affordability in lone U.S. Senate forum
Article Summary Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton vowed to serve as a check on President Donald Trump, while Republican Don Tracy largely defended the president's positions on tariffs and the war in Iran as t...
Oct 21, 2026 Democrat Juliana Stratton and Republican Don Tracy, the state’s major-party candidates for U.S. Senate. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Jerry Nowicki)
OSF Children's Hospital opens specialized clinic for heavy menstrual bleeding
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois has opened a new clinic in Peoria for children and adolescents experiencing heavy menstrual bleeding. The clinic brings pediatric hematolo...
Oct 21, 2026 (OSF HealthCare)
