Category Archives: Local News
Car engulfed in flames in Peoria garage fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a car on fire in a garage, attached to an apartment building Tuesday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says crews arrived to W. Sh...
Jan 29, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
'Blatantly unlawful' federal spending freeze sends state scrambling
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - State agencies, nonprofit organizations and a host of other entities that rely on federal funding were thrown into chaos Tuesday following the release of a ...
Jan 28, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured at a news conference on Tuesday about the Trump Administration’s attempt to freeze federal grants and funding. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria-area Congressman slams decision by Trump administration to freeze federal grants
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria non-profit was to receive some big news regarding funding on Tuesday from Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline). But the announcement never came to be, after President Dona...
Jan 28, 2025 Congressman Eric Sorensen speaks at the Illinois Farmers Union Annual Meeting in East Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
House Republicans ask state Supreme Court to toss out legislative map
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Democrats continue to hold a supermajority in the Illinois House thanks to illegally gerrymandered House districts, House Republicans allege in a new lawsui...
Jan 28, 2025 House Republican Leader Tony McCombie speaks at a news conference on Tuesday about the House GOP’s lawsuit against Illinois’ legislative maps. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Bridgette Fox)
Man accused in Peoria's first homicide of 2025 indicted by grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - A man accused in the shooting death of his girlfriend at a Peoria apartment complex earlier this month has been indicted by a grand jury. The grand jury indicted 45-year-old Derreck Hal...
Jan 28, 2025 (Peoria Co. Jail)
Victims of fatal Fulton County crash Monday afternoon identified by coroner
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - The identity of two people who died in a two vehicle head-on crash in rural Fulton County Monday afternoon have been released. Sheriff's deputies responded to the crash on U.S. R...
Jan 28, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Thousands of musicians headed to IMEC in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Music teachers and students from around the state return to Peoria this week. Illinois Music Education Association's Darcy Nendza says thousands of participants will be in area restaura...
Jan 28, 2025 (Illinois Music Education Association Facebook)
Illinois House lawmakers file almost 1,800 new bills only 2 weeks into legislative session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers kicked off their spring legislative session roughly three weeks ago, but lawmakers in the House have already filed more than 1,800 bills ...
Jan 28, 2025 The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
'Suspicion doesn't cut it': Madigan attorney urges jury to 'see the man, not the myth'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's defense lawyers began their closing arguments last week, attorney Dan Collins pointed to something the former...
Jan 28, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks toward the Dirksen Federal Courthouse flanked by his attorneys Tom Breen and Todd Pugh ahead of a fourth day of closing arguments in his federal corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man arrested for residential burglary
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called early Monday morning to N. Homestead on reports of a man with a flashlight inside a vacant home. When officers arrived around 2:45 a.m., they found 33-year-old...
Jan 28, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
