Category Archives: Local News
Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in federal bribery case of Sen. Emil Jones III
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether...
Apr 25, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on April 15, 2025. After hearing two weeks of evidence and testimony in his corruption trial and deliberating for nearly 23 hours, a jury on Thursday deadlocked on charges that Jones agreed to accept bribes and lied to the FBI about it. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Victims of South Pekin double homicide identified
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - Two 21-year-old men have been identified as the victims in a fatal shooting in South Pekin early Thursday morning. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the victims are Chase...
Apr 24, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Sorensen visits Midwest Food Bank in Peoria to discuss food insecurity
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-area Congressman is raising concerns over food insecurity with a visit to a food bank. 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) visited the Midwest Food Bank in Peori...
Apr 24, 2025 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) (left) and Midwest Food Bank CEO Eric Hodel (right) chat during a tour of the organization's Peoria facility. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Date set for murder trial of former Sangamon County deputy to take place in Peoria County
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A date has been set for the murder trial of a former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, set to take place in Peoria County. At a hearing Wednesday, the trial of Sean Grayson was sch...
Apr 24, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Shooter in 2022 Chicago-area parade massacre sentenced to life in prison
Chicago (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Thursday sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb that ki...
Apr 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Robert E. Crimo III. arrives for his trial in Judge Victoria A. Rossetti’s courtroom in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., March 3, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announces U.S. Senate campaign
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is the first Democrat to step into what is expected to be a crowded race to fill Sen. Dick Durbin's Senate seat. Stratton launched her c...
Apr 24, 2025 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association brunch in Springfield in August 2024. She became the first high-ranking Democrat to formally announce her candidacy for U.S. Senate on Thursday, April 24, one day after Illinois’ senior U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced he would not run again after his term ends in 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State reports first measles case in southern Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday afternoon the first case of measles in the state. The measles diagnosis involving an adult in f...
Apr 24, 2025 The first case of measles in Illinois has been confirmed since an outbreak of more than 800 cases first was reported in New Mexico and Texas earlier this year. (CDC via Unsplash.com)
Peoria County looking into adding RV park at Wildlife Prairie Park
PEORIA, Ill. - An RV park could be coming to Wildlife Prairie Park. The Peoria County Land Use Committee on Monday forwarded a recommendation to the full board of allowing a Special Use permit for 40 ...
Apr 24, 2025 (Wildlife Prairie Park Facebook)
Jury in Sen. Emil Jones III bribery trial indicates possible deadlock
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III's federal corruption trial indicated late Wednesday that it may be deadlocked on two of the three counts Jones is charg...
Apr 24, 2025 The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial may be deadlocked on two of the three counts against the senator, according to a note jurors sent the judge late Wednesday, April 23, after 18 hours of deliberations. The judge indicated she will instruct the jury on Thursday to keep trying. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Former Reditus Labs CEO pleas guilty in two cases
PEORIA, Ill. - The former CEO of Reditus Labs has entered plea deals in two pending cases. 25 News reports Aaron Rossi has pleaded guilty to one count each of healthcare fraud and wire fraud in his fe...
Apr 23, 2025 (25 News)
