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Phone outage affecting calls to Peoria government facilities
PEORIA Ill. - The City of Peoria is experiencing a phone outage. The city sent out a statement early Friday, saying they are experiencing an outage for numbers with a 494 prefix. AT&T is working o...
Dec 06, 2024 (City of Peoria)
'There's something fishy here, don't you think?': Wiretapped calls detail Madigan confidant's confoundment over complicated land deal
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - It was the last day of the General Assembly's spring legislative session in 2018 when veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain realized his bill wasn't going an...
Dec 06, 2024 The parking lot along Wentworth Ave. in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood in October 2024. In 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan directed his close ally Mike McClain to work on getting the state-owned land transferred to developers who were interested in building on a portion of the lot. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Annual Drive for Miracles Radiothon from 93.3 the Drive takes place Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Each December, Midwest Communications' 93.3 The Drive rallies behind OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital in Peoria, raising money and awareness, to help the kids that are treated there. ...
Dec 06, 2024 (93.3 the Drive/Midwest Communciations)
Illinois Commerce Commission makes decision on Illinois American Water general rate increase
PEORIA Ill. - The Illinois Commerce Commission cut portions of Illinois American Water's rate increase request for water and sewer services, Thursday. The decision from the ICC reduces Illinois Americ...
Dec 05, 2024 Illinois American Water
Two dead in Peoria Heights house fire
UPDATED: 4:55PM PEORIA HEIGHTS Ill. - Two people are dead, due to a house fire in Peoria Heights early this afternoon, according to 25News and Peoria County Coroner, Jamie Harwood. Peoria Heights Fire...
Dec 05, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
No injuries after Thursday morning fire in Deer Creek
DEER CREEK, Ill. - A shed was destroyed after a fire Thursday morning in Deer Creek. 25 News reports the fire was reported at around 8:30 A.M. on Lakeland Road. Morton Fire says the homeowner was home...
Dec 05, 2024 (25 News)
Jurors see list of Madigan's job recommendations given to newly elected Gov. Pritzker
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In the weeks following now-Gov. JB Pritzker's November 2018 victory over one-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan busied...
Dec 05, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s handwritten notes from a meeting with Governor-elect JB Pritzker in December 2018. The notes were shown as evidence in the former speaker’s corruption trial Wednesday, six years to the day after he wrote them. (Screenshot from court documents)
IDOT hosts public hearing for Illinois 29 project in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation held a public hearing Wednesday, at Peoria Heights High School, regarding the proposed improvements to Illinois Route 29. The project wi...
Dec 04, 2024 (Casey Foreman & 1470 100.3 WMBD)
One person injured after rollover crash in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to a hospital after a rollover crash in East Peoria Wednesday afternoon. East Peoria Fire says the single-vehicle crash occurred on Springfield Road at around ...
Dec 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Construction cost for new East Peoria police station approved
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The cost to build a new police building in East Peoria is now known. City council approved a bid of around $21.6 million at Tuesday night's meeting from River City Construction. Ma...
Dec 04, 2024 (City of East Peoria/FGM Architects)
