Category Archives: Local News
'You know why I'm interested': Wiretaps, secretly recorded videos show Madigan recruiting business to his law firm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For the second time in the span of seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Ald. Danny Solis after reading about a propos...
Nov 27, 2024 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)
New parking, development in the works at Peoria's Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. - A section of downtown Peoria that's been vacant for over 100 years, is finally being redeveloped. In an area behind WTVP-TV, Peoria's public television station, the former rail yard for...
Nov 27, 2024 A new parking lot is coming to Peoria's Warehouse District. The area being redeveloped once was the rail yard for the Rock Island Depot. (25 News)
Free Thanksgiving meals available in Peoria, on Thursday
PEORIA Ill. - Locals will be able to get free Thanksgiving meals, in Peoria, on Thursday. Street Family Club is sponsoring a free, walk-in meal for anyone needing food, at the First Covenant Church. T...
Nov 27, 2024 (Courtesy of South Side Mission)
Limestone Community High School employee ordered to remain in jail
UPDATED: 12:50PM PEORIA Ill. - The man accused of having inappropriate relations with a Limestone high school student will stay in jail until his trial. 37-year-old Ronnie Baskin was indicted Tuesday ...
Nov 26, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man indicted for fatal shooting in August
PEORIA Ill. - The man who allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend in Peoria, in August of this year, was indicted Tuesday by a Peoria County Grand Jury. 43-year-old Stevie Linwood appeared in court T...
Nov 26, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State watchdog uncovers at least $7.2M in PPP fraud by state employees
CHICAGO - A state watchdog has identified at least $7.2 million in fraudulent claims and more than 275 instances of misconduct by state employees accused of bilking a federal program designed to help ...
Nov 26, 2024 Documents from OEIG cases. (Image by Amalia Huot-Marchand for Capitol News Illinois)
Two injured after crash involving train in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries after a train versus vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon. Illinois State Police say the crash happened just after 12:30 P.M. at Illi...
Nov 26, 2024 Midwest Communications
'You shouldn't be talking like that': Madigan scolded alderman-turned-FBI mole for bringing up 'quid pro quo'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis had already been cooperating with the FBI for a little more than a year in June 2017 when he received an unexpected voicemail from...
Nov 26, 2024 Then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan captured in a video Chicago Ald. Danny Solis secretly recorded at the direction of the FBI at the speaker’s law offices in July 2017. (Video screenshot from government exhibits shown Nov. 25, 2024)
Plans for downtown Peoria hotel and apartments scrapped
PEORIA, Ill. - The empty Sully's and Illinois Central College buildings off SW Adams Street in downtown Peoria will stay empty after plans to redevelop the block fizzled out. City leaders say the plan...
Nov 26, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria Public Schools board approves repurposing Quest Charter buildings
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Public School district will repurpose former Quest Charter buildings. The item was approved at Monday night's board meeting in the district's consent agenda. The former Quest...
Nov 25, 2024 (1470/100.3 WMBD)
