Category Archives: Local News
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor's degree proposal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Two Democratic leaders in the Illinois Senate openly expressed their disagreement this week about Gov. JB Pritzker's proposal to allow community colleges to...
May 02, 2025 State Sen. Cristina Castro is pictured in a Senate Executive Committee hearing last year in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Former Gov. George Ryan dead at 91; remembered for corruption conviction, halting death penalty
UPDATED 5:58 P.M. CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and 12 years after hi...
May 02, 2025 Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s photo hangs in the Statehouse’s Hall of Governors. Ryan died Friday, May 2, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Tibetan monks visit Peoria to promote peace, engage with community
PEORIA, Ill. - A trio of Tibetan monks have spent the week in Peoria to promote a message of peace. Three monks from Bloomington, Indiana are being hosted at Bradley University as part of a cultural e...
May 02, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tazewell County Board approves building a new Animal Control facility
TREMONT, Ill. - The Tazewell County Board on Wednesday approved a new Animal Control Building, with only one "no" vote. The winning bid, for P.J. Hoerr proposed new metal construction, while three oth...
May 02, 2025 Animals at the current Tazewell County Animal Control facility. The County Board approved a new facility Wednesday night. (25 News)
Plan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I opposition
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A plan to overhaul the way Illinois funds public universities is running into stiff opposition from the state's largest higher education institution, the Un...
May 02, 2025 Nick Jones, left, executive vice president and vice president of academic affairs of the University of Illinois System, testifies before a Senate committee in opposition to a bill that would overhaul state funding of public universities. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Driver of Chatham fatal crash had clean toxicology, Illinois State Police confirm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois State Police released preliminary toxicology results that showed no drugs or alcohol in the system of a driver who crashed into a central Illinois ...
May 01, 2025 Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly, center, released toxicology results of the driver involved in a crash that killed four children at a central Illinois after-school program during a news conference Thursday in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
'Never asked to be a part of this somber club': Illinois honors fallen police officers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Nine Illinois police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2024 were honored at a ceremony in Springfield Thursday. The Illinois Peace Office...
May 01, 2025 The mother of Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez mourns her son at the Illinois Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony at the Illinois State Library in Springfield on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Man pleads guilty for role in fatal 2023 crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Hanna City man has pleaded guilty to his role in a fatal crash two years ago near the Shoppes of Grand Prairie. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 45-year-old Jeremy Per...
May 01, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria Police say shootings are down through April compared to last year
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say shootings are down in the city compared to this time last year. In a report released on Thursday, the department says there's been a 30% drop in shooting incidents thr...
May 01, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested after shots fired early Thursday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 21-year-old was arrested after shots were fired early Thursday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police say ten shots were fired in the area of Forrest Hill and Knoxville just after 1:15 A.M....
May 01, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
