Category Archives: Local News
'Huge step forward': Illinois inches closer on battery storage, solar goals
Article Summary Illinois regulators conducted the first battery storage procurement event required by energy legislation that became law this year. More battery storage is needed if the state is to me...
Sep 14, 2026 An industrial-scale battery storage facility at G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, which was installed in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois Central College receives state grant for manufacturing facility
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Central College is receiving help from the state to establish a new Manufacturing Training Academy. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced ...
Sep 14, 2026 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Motorcycle rider involved in fatal Fulton County crash identified
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - A Fairview woman has been identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle crash Friday in Fulton County. Coroner Austin Rhodes says an autopsy was performed on Monday in Peoria Co...
Sep 14, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
First day of public hearings for Four Creeks wind farm project underway
PEORIA, Ill. - A proposed wind farm project in northwest Peoria County is under the microscope for the next couple of weeks. Monday was the first day of hearings for the Four Creeks Wind Farm project ...
Sep 14, 2026 A crowd of more than 200 people came to the Holiday Inn & Suites Grande Prairie for the first day of public hearings on the Four Creeks Wind Farm project. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State EPA Finds Elevated 'Forever Chemicals' in Peoria County Water Systems
PEORIA, Ill. - State environmental officials have detected elevated levels of "forever chemicals" in drinking water serving several Peoria County communities. Water samples collected from Illinois Ame...
Sep 14, 2026 zimmytws / Depositphotos.com
UPDATE: Crash on Illinois Route 29 Monday morning turns fatal
UPDATED 5:04 P.M. ROME, Ill. - A crash Monday morning on Illinois Route 29 near Rome has turned fatal. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says a 35-year-old female was taken from the scene of the cra...
Sep 14, 2026 (Peoria County Coroner)
Disney cancels Lion King performances planned for Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Theatergoers hoping to catch Disney's The Lion King at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater at the Peoria Civic Center will have to wait for a future tour. Broadway in Peoria announced tha...
Sep 14, 2026 Peter Hargrave as Scar & David D'Lancy Wilson as Mufasa. The Lion King. ©Disney. Photo by Evan Zimmerman.jpg
Three displaced by house fire in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Three people were displaced by fire in their East Peoria home Sunday afternoon. Crews responded around 3:00 p.m. to the home in the 100 block of Gardner Avenue, finding heavy smoke...
Sep 14, 2026
Peoria gas prices surge more than 40 cents as global escalations hit the pump
PEORIA, Ill. - Drivers across the Peoria area are feeling a heavy hit at the pump this week as local gas prices surged by more than 40 cents per gallon. According to GasBuddy's weekly survey of local ...
Sep 14, 2026 Mike Mozart / CC
Ex-Peoria pastor given sex offender probation, jail time for distributing harmful material to minor
By Howard Packowitz TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - A former pastor of Riverside Community Church in Peoria has pleaded guilty to distributing harmful materials to a minor, but he will not have to s...
Sep 14, 2026 courtroom gavel
