Category Archives: Local News
Two arrested in Peoria on multiple weapons and vehicle theft charges
PEORIA Ill. - One adult and one juvenile were arrested Wednesday, in Peoria, for the unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a stolen vehicle. At around 4:30pm, P-P-D's Special Invesigations Divisi...
Jan 23, 2025
PIA announces record-breaking December
PEORIA Ill. - Last month was one for the record books -- at the Peoria International Airport. According to a statement sent out today (Thursday) over 66-thousand passengers boarded and deplaned in Peo...
Jan 23, 2025 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
In closing arguments, prosecutor alleges Madigan was driven by 'power and profit'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As prosecutors began their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, they accused the longtime Democratic power...
Jan 23, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Jan. 7, 2025, after his first day of surprise testimony in his corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ismael M. Belkoura)
Supreme Court considers legality of law banning 'venue shopping' in constitutional challenges
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case centered on whether a state law passed in 2023 violates the due process rights of Illinois...
Jan 22, 2025 A statue is pictured outside the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo.)
Suspect in Peoria's 1st homicide of 2025 ordered detained, charged with murder
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend Sunday at a Peoria apartment complex has now been charged with First Degree Murder. A judge also ruled Wednesday that 45-year-old Derr...
Jan 22, 2025 (Peoria Co. Jail)
Police looking for semi-truck in alleged hit-and-run incident in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Morton Police are looking for the vehicle responsible for a hit-and-run incident Tuesday afternoon. Police say a semi-truck pulling a white trailer struck a white SUV just after 1:15 P....
Jan 22, 2025 (Morton Police)
Efficiency technologies for farming on display in Tremont
TREMONT, Ill. - Efficiency in the field is the main focus of a conference in Tremont this week that is bringing in farmers from across North America. Farmers from the United States and Canada, as well...
Jan 22, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Co. man indicted for child sex crime, while facing other charges
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A man from Laura, Illinois is facing multiple sex crime charges, and has been indicted by a Peoria County Grand Jury for predatory criminal sexual assault of someone under the ag...
Jan 22, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
Peoria residents displaced by electrical fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on NE Glen Oak Avenue Tuesday evening on reports of a house fire. Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arrived around 6 p.m., finding h...
Jan 22, 2025 D4E / CC
Pritzker criticizes Trump's courting of tech CEOs, lack of communication
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A wave of executive orders and bold pronouncements of his vision for the country highlighted President Donald Trump's first day back in the White House Monday. ...
Jan 21, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker at an unrelated press conference the day after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
