Category Archives: Local News
City of Peoria announces Combined Sewer Overflow Alert
PEORIA Ill. - The city of Peoria has announced a combined sewer overflow alert for Tuesday, due to the high amounts of rainfall locally. According to Peoria Public Works, rainfall is causing several s...
Mar 04, 2025 (City of Peoria)
UPDATE: PPD investigating homicide Monday night near Manual High School
UPDATED 10 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man is dead after multiple shots were fired Monday night in South Peoria, near Manual High School. Peoria Police were called to the scene just after 8:50 p.m., after a...
Mar 04, 2025 (25 News)
Washington latest Central Illinois community to discuss implementing local grocery tax
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington is looking to join other central Illinois communities in implementing a local grocery tax. A local one percent tax was discussed at Monday night's City Counci...
Mar 03, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two Peoria-area girls basketball teams punch tickets to state finals
PEORIA/WASHINGTON, Ill.- The Peoria-area will have two representatives at this weekend's Illinois High School Association girls' basketball state finals. Peoria Notre Dame and Washington both won thei...
Mar 03, 2025 (Washington Community High School)
Judge grants retrial on most bribery counts in 'ComEd 4' case nearly 2 years post-verdict
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Monday granted a partial retrial on several bribery counts in the case of four former executives and lobbyists for electric utility Commonwea...
Mar 03, 2025 Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, left, and former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Prammaggiore, right, were convicted in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial alongside longtime ComEd lobbyists Jay Doherty and John Hooker. A federal judge on Monday granted a retrial on several bribery counts against them, though it’s unclear whether the feds will opt to retry those charges. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Man arrested after alleged involvement in Valentine's Day armed robbery at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will remain in jail after his recent arrest in connection to a Valentine's Day robbery at a Peoria apartment complex. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a petition t...
Mar 03, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Accused Highland Park shooter pleads guilty
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Robert Crimo III, the man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Highland Park in 2022 that left seven people dead and prompted the passage of a ban on ass...
Mar 03, 2025 The Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan is pictured Monday. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Ashley Soriano)
Peoria Police seeking Sunday night stabbing suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for a suspect accused in a stabbing Sunday night in South Peoria. Police arrived to the area of Western and Howett just after 8:15 P.M., finding a 46-year-old ...
Mar 03, 2025
Severe Weather Preparedness Week aims to get people ready for spring severe weather
PEORIA, Ill. - With spring just around the corner, so is the increased risk of severe weather across central Illinois. This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week, which aims to educate and inform a...
Mar 03, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois bill aims to add more oversight of homeschooling
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- (Capitol News Illinois) -- A new Illinois bill aims to add some oversight of families who homeschool their children, a response to concerns that the state does little to ensure th...
Mar 03, 2025 (Photo illustration: ProPublica. Source images: Susie Ang for ProPublica, Illinois General Assembly)
