Category Archives: Local News
Family displaced after Peoria Heights house fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - A family and their dogs have been displaced after a Peoria Heights house fire Tuesday morning. Fire Chief Dan Decker says the call came in at around 7:20 A.M. to the area of Mar...
Dec 03, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Curtis: Respiratory illnesses hitting hard as we head into the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. - It's that time of the year...when we're inside more, spreading colds and viruses around. Dr. Brian Curtis, with OSF HealthCare, tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", they're seeing a bit of ever...
Dec 03, 2024 robertprzybysz / Depositphotos.com
Madigan attorney accuses Solis of not telling feds 'all the crimes you committed'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis spent more than 2 years living a double life as an FBI cooperating witness after agents approached him in 2016, asking him to we...
Dec 03, 2024 Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis and his attorney, Lisa Noller, walk into Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Dec. 2, 2024, for another day of testimony in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Solis, who spent 2 ½ years as an undercover cooperator for the FBI, began sitting for cross-examination on Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
State Board of Elections certifies election results showing decline in turnout
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Vice President Kamala Harris won Illinois by nearly 11 points as turnout dipped in 2024, according to official election results certified by the State Board...
Dec 02, 2024 The State Board of Elections is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Appellate Court finds former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson should be released until trial
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Prosecutors will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling that found former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson should b...
Dec 02, 2024 Sean Grayson. (Macon Country Sheriffs Office)
Court denies sentence appeal for one of four convicted in 2021 murder-for-hire plot in Mackinaw
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A sentence appeal has been denied for one of four people convicted in an October 2021 murder-for-hire plot in Mackinaw. 25 News reports Sage Raeuber claimed to an appeals court...
Dec 02, 2024 courtroom gavel
Comedian Nate Bargatze returning to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Popular comedian Nate Bargatze is coming back to Peoria next spring. Bargatze is announcing new dates for his 2025 BIG DUMB EYES WORLD TOUR that will include a stop at the Peoria Civic ...
Dec 02, 2024 (Peoria Civic Center)
Three buildings caught fire Sunday in West Peoria
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters from several communities battled a fire in West Peoria Sunday that began in a garage and spread to a second garage and a vacant home. West Peoria First Assistant Fire ...
Dec 02, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop just slightly after Thanksgiving
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 0.5 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.12 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are ...
Dec 02, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Several arrests made in retail theft ring, in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Several people have been arrested -- including three juveniles -- after Peoria Police say they allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of items, on Black Friday. P-P-D tells us three ...
Dec 01, 2024
