Category Archives: Local News
Man sentenced for being in possession of explosive devices at Pekin traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A Marquette Heights man will spend at least four years in prison after he was found with a stolen weapon and explosives during a traffic stop last year. 25 News reports 35-year-old Dalt...
Mar 07, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
West Peoria liquor store cited again for allegedly selling to minors
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Despite a change in ownership in January, a West Peoria liquor store is still having the same problems. 25 News reports West Peoria Liquors, formerly known as Express Liquors, was ...
Mar 07, 2025 (25 News)
Peoria man sentenced after guilty plea for attempting to entice a minor online
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend more than eleven years in prison after attempting to entice a minor online. The Department of Justice says 43-year-old Joshua Michael Williams will also have ten...
Mar 07, 2025 courtroom gavel
Hundreds rally at the Capitol to oppose homeschool bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Hundreds rallied Thursday at the Capitol in Springfield to voice their opposition to a bill that would require oversight of families who homeschool their ch...
Mar 07, 2025 Homeschool advocates rally at the Illinois Statehouse to oppose legislation that would impose more oversight of parents who school their children at home. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey.)
Teenager charged with First Degree Murder in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - A 16-year-old has been charged with First-Degree Murder - after allegedly shooting and killing his father Monday, in Peoria. According to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office, 16-...
Mar 06, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two women ordered detained in connection to death of 13-month-old in December
PEORIA Ill. - Two women accused in the death of a one-month-old child in Peoria this past December will remain behind bars after a detention hearing Thursday. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Offi...
Mar 06, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/Right: Tasheaunna Williams Left: Nausicca Thomas)
Pritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroom
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS - Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. JB Pritzker, they're a distraction, and he has proposed banning them during classroom instruct...
Mar 06, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker is asking lawmakers to pass a plan banning cellphones in schools during class time. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Notre Dame dominates to punch ticket to 2A girls' basketball state championship game
NORMAL, Ill. - A dominating performance has put the Peoria Notre Dame girls' basketball team one game away from back-to-back state championships. The Irish defeated Mount Carmel, 61-35, in the IHSA Cl...
Mar 06, 2025 (Peoria Notre Dame)
DOGE targets federal Peoria offices
PEORIA - The Department of Government Efficiency has targeted three local offices of federal agencies: the U.S. Attorney's Office, the U.S. Trustee Program and the Federal Drug Administration. The Peo...
Mar 06, 2025 (Department of Government Efficiency)
Giannoulias: Illinois' state flag will stay the same
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Well, it looks like we're sticking with what we've got. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says the current Illinois state flag was the overwhelming winner in the state's Flag Re...
Mar 06, 2025 Matt Turner / CC
