Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Police Department arrest teen for Sunday night shooting of a nine-year-old boy
After a Sunday night shooting that hospitalized a nine-year-old boy at the River West Apartments on Southwest Phoenix Drive, Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria held a press conference on Tuesday even...
Feb 04, 2025 Courtesy of Peoria Police Department's Facebook Page
Peoria teenager to be tried as adult, following shooting in South Peoria last August
PEORIA Ill. - The teenager who shot a 16-year-old male in August last year, in south Peoria, will be tried as an adult. According to the Peoria County State's Attorneys office - Naidren Williams, who ...
Feb 04, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
El Paso woman identified after fatal crash in Woodford County
WOODFORD COUNTY Ill. - An El Paso woman has been identified after a fatal crash Monday morning, on IL 251 just south of Kappa. According to 25News and Woodford County Coroner, Tim Ruestman, 62-year-ol...
Feb 04, 2025
Peoria man detained after allegedly firing gun at juveniles in East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will remain in jail after allegedly firing a weapon at a group of juveniles last week in the East Bluff. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a petition to deta...
Feb 04, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Term limits debate tabled in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington aldermen will take more time to consider term limits for the city. A motion to approve enacting limits of three four-year terms for mayors and aldermen was tabled at Mond...
Feb 04, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Legendary Musician Bob Dylan Announces Stop at Peoria Civic Center in April
PEORIA Ill. - "The voice of a generation" is coming to the Prairie Home Alliance Theater at the Peoria Civic Center, on April 9th. Civic Center officials announced Monday, legendary musician, Bob Dyla...
Feb 03, 2025 Peoria Civic Center
Groups demand release of after-school program funding
SPRINGFIELD - Organizations that provide tutoring, recreation and other after-school programs are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education to release $50 million that was ...
Feb 03, 2025 The Boys and Girls Club of Central Illinois, in Springfield, is one of the many organizations that rely on state funds for after-school programs. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Trump tariffs could impact hundreds of billions of dollars of trade in Illinois
Capitol News Illinois - President Donald Trump's plan to implement tariffs on key United States trading partners could affect more than $100 billion worth of goods imported to Illinois from Canada, Me...
Feb 03, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker makes keynote remarks at the U.S.-Canda Summit in June 2024. (Photo provided by the Office of Gov. JB Pritzker)
Peoria Police investigating Sunday night shooting that hospitalized 9-year-old boy
PEORIA Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for the suspect in a shooting that hospitalized a 9-year-old child, Sunday. According to officers, they responded to the 1200 block of Southwest Phoenix, just a...
Feb 03, 2025
Appeals court throws out Peoria sex offender's life sentence after receiving 'deficient' legal help
PEORIA Ill. - An Illinois appeals court has ruled a Peoria man serving life in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint in 2020 - must be sentenced again. According to 25News - 33 year-old M...
Feb 03, 2025
