Category Archives: Local News
NWS Meteorologist warns of weekend winter weather in Peoria area
PEORIA Ill. - It could be another snowy and slick weekend in the Peoria area. According to National Weather Service Meteorologist, Daryl Onton, snowfall is expected to start Friday evening. "We have a...
Feb 14, 2025 Midwest Communications
Pritzker must address multi-billion-dollar deficit amid federal funding uncertainty
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The relative ease of budgeting following the pandemic thanks to federal aid and strong tax revenue surpluses for the state appears to be over. Gov. JB Pritz...
Feb 14, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his annual State of the State and budget address in the Illinois House Chamber on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
CityLink General Manager steps down
PEORIA, Ill. - The general manager for CityLink has stepped down from the role less than a year on the job. 25 News reports John Myers resigned on January 17th. He was appointed to the role in April o...
Feb 14, 2025 (CItyLink)
Peoria Riverfront Museum to host engineering exploration day
PEORIA, Ill. - Anyone with an interest in engineering is invited to the Peoria Riverfront Museum this Sunday. Senior Planetarium Educator Nick Rae says there will be activities for all ages, and admis...
Feb 14, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
CNI reporter joins 'The Phil Luciano Show' to discuss Madigan trial & conviction
PEORIA Ill. - Following former House Speaker Michael Madigan's conviction on multiple federal corruption charges this week, reporters covering the case are sharing insight into the months-long trial. ...
Feb 13, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 21 after opening statements in his federal corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria City Council discusses safety concerns after nine-year-old struck by bullet at South Side apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - Safety concerns were on the mind of the Peoria City Council on Tuesday evening, in the wake of an incident where a 9-year-old boy was struck by a bullet inside his South Side residence ...
Feb 13, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria area only receives a couple inches of snow in Wednesday's storm, Snowfighters work continues
PEORIA, Ill. - Most of the Peoria area only received a couple inches of snow in Wednesday's winter storm. Estimates from the National Weather Service show most of the area received anywhere between 1-...
Feb 13, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Man charged on six counts of Residential Burglary in Peoria
UPDATED: 4:55PM PEORIA Ill. - The Springfield man arrested on Tuesday on multiple burglary charges, will remain in jail until his trial. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 34-year-old Ke...
Feb 13, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Illinois lawmakers react to Madigan corruption verdict
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers voiced a wide range of reactions Wednesday following former House Speaker Michael Madigan's conviction on multiple federal corruption charges. Republicans, who have lo...
Feb 12, 2025 Madigan speaks at an Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association brunch in Springfield in 2019. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Massey attorneys announce $10 million settlement in wrongful death case
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS - Wednesday would have been Sonya Massey's 37th birthday. Instead, it was the day her family's lawyers announced a $10 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against ...
Feb 12, 2025 Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Massey family, speaks at a rally set up to call attention to the police killing of Sonya Massey.
