Category Archives: Local News
Teenager injured after being shot in early morning hours in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for who was responsible after a teenager was shot early Wednesday morning. Officers responded after six shots were fired near Madison Park Terrace and Ann Stre...
Sep 16, 2026
Trial date set for pair accused in fatal shooting and crash in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A trial date has been set for two men accused of murder in a fatal shooting and crash last month in South Peoria. 20-year-old Karon Hopkins and 18-year-old Dorrean Ellis entered not gui...
Sep 16, 2026 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Morton Pumpkin Festival celebrates 60 years with "Bam, Pow, Pumpkins" theme
MORTON, Ill. - Morton's 60th Pumpkin Festival kicks into high gear on Wednesday. But, on Tuesday night they held the annual pumpkin weigh-off, with the biggest pumpkin weighing over a thousand pounds....
Sep 16, 2026 Morton's Pumpkin Festival celebrates 60 years with the theme "Bam, Pow, Pumpkins". (Morton Pumpkin Festival Facebook page)
Semi driver hospitalized after overnight crash on I-74
PEORIA, Ill. - A crash involving a semi blocked all lanes of eastbound I-74 near the Sterling exit early Wednesday morning in Peoria, but the highway cleared just in time for the morning commute. Illi...
Sep 16, 2026 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Federal disaster relief requested for Central Illinois following August storms
CHICAGO, Ill. - Federal help could soon be on the way for Central Illinois residents recovering from last month's severe weather and derecho. Governor JB Pritzker has requested a Presidential Major Di...
Sep 16, 2026 danielfela / Depositphotos.com
Prosecutor explains why ex-Peoria pastor does not have to register as sex offender
By Angeles Ponpa TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) -Tazewell County's chief prosecutor tells 25 News a former pastor's conviction for distributing harmful materials to a minor does not rise to the level...
Sep 16, 2026 File photo of Peoria's Riverside Community Church. (25 News)
'Illinois remembers': State, local leaders reflect on Midway Blitz 1 year later
Article Summary State and Chicago officials gathered Tuesday for an event to reflect on the year since "Operation Midway Blitz" upended life for immigrant communities across the city. The event focuse...
Sep 15, 2026 Rabia Amin cries while recounting how her father was detained by federal immigration agents on his way to work at his sandwich shop last year, before being hospitalized and ultimately deported to Pakistan. Amin also testified in front of the Illinois Accountability Commission in April. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
East Peoria passes first vote to add more license plate reader cameras in city
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The first step in adding more automatic license plate reader cameras was taken Tuesday night in East Peoria. The city council is considering a proposal to add ten cameras from Floc...
Sep 15, 2026 (City of East Peoria)
Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users
Article Summary A new Trump administration rule set to take effect Friday will allow immigration officers broader authority to deny green cards to those who have legally been using public aid like Med...
Sep 15, 2026 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is pictured on the floor of the state Senate chamber in Springfield in May 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State historical society recognized Morton as "Pumpkin Capital of the World"
MORTON, Ill. - The village of Morton has some back-up in its claim of being the "Pumpkin Capital of the World." On Tuesday, Mayor Jeff Kaufman and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director unveiled a mar...
Sep 15, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
