Category Archives: Local News
Bradley Braves fall short in Arch Madness championship game
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Bradley Braves will now have to wait until Sunday night to learn their postseason fate. The second-seeded Braves fell to top-seeded Drake, 63-48, in the championship game of Arch ...
Mar 10, 2025 (Bradley University Athletics)
Republican bills aim to assist Illinois in its battle against fentanyl
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -- Illinois Republican senators have filed bills that would combat the state's fentanyl crisis and further punish major possessors of the drug. One bill would...
Mar 10, 2025 Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, talks about her fentanyl-related legislation at a news
conference in the Capitol on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
UPDATED: Peoria Police investigating Saturday evening shooting
UPDATE 3/10 10:55 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a shooting over the weekend that left a 16-year-old injured. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called to Greenlawn A...
Mar 09, 2025
U.S. Senator speaks out against proposed staff and funding cuts to Peoria Ag Lab
PEORIA, Ill. - Workers at Peoria's Ag Lab were joined by a U.S. Senator in their fight back against proposed cuts to the facility by the Trump administration. Senator Dick Durbin (D) led a rally of wo...
Mar 07, 2025 U.S Senator Dick Durbin speaks in front of the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research against proposed cuts by the Trump administration to the facility. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
National chicken fast-food restaurant to occupy site near Peoria Northwoods Mall
PEORIA, Ill. - A national chain will soon occupy an "eyesore" near the Peoria Northwoods Mall. 4th District Councilman Andre Allen confirmed that Raising Cane's will be built on the site of the former...
Mar 07, 2025 (Raising Canes Facebook)
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)
