Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker signs bills addressing gun storage, tracing of firearms
Article summary: Senate Bill 8 requires gun owners to keep their weapons secured and inaccessible to minors, people at risk of harming themselves or others, and people prohibited from possessing firea...
Jul 28, 2025 Under new laws signed by Gov. JB Pritzker, firearm owners will soon be required to keep their weapons stored securely and out of the hands of minors while law enforcement agencies will be required to trace the ownership of all firearms they recover from crime scenes. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Teenager arrested after traffic stop in Peoria early Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested after allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle early Sunday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police says a traffic stop was conducted on a previously reported ...
Jul 28, 2025
New initiative aims to renovate Peoria South Side homes for low-income families
PEORIA, Ill. - A new initiative aims to renovate homes on Peoria's South Side to prepare them for new owners. The Peoria Opportunities Foundation and the Southside Community Center announced the proje...
Jul 28, 2025 (City of Peoria)
PPS Superintendent speaks before final year in district
PEORIA, Ill. - The superintendent of Peoria Public Schools is opening up about her decision to leave the district at the end of the school year. Earlier this month, Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat announc...
Jul 28, 2025 Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat speaks after the district's Convocation at the Peoria Civic Center before the start of the 2025-26 school year. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
44th Memphis to Peoria run kicks off Tuesday ahead of St. Jude telethon on Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - St. Jude Week gets underway with the annual Memphis to Peoria run beginning Tuesday morning and the telethon raising millions of dollars for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Over ...
Jul 28, 2025 Participants in the 43nd annual Memphis to Peoria Run travel through the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
(St. Jude Runs Facebook Page)
Sunday afternoon crash west of Peoria leaves motorcyclist seriously injured
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says a motorcyclist was seriously injured late Sunday afternoon in a head-on crash with a truck west of Peoria in Limestone Township. Sheriff C...
Jul 28, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop a few cents as demand eases up as we head into August
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 2.7 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.29 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 6...
Jul 28, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Hundreds brave wet weather for Whitney's Walk
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - Help is available to people who have entered a dark moment in their lives is among the messages provided through Whitney's Walk. The 22nd annual Whitney's Walk for Suicide Prevention...
Jul 27, 2025 Photo: 1470 & 100.3/Ed Hammond
Grayson attorneys drop "cease and desist" request
PEORIA, Ill - Attorneys for former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson have withdrawn their motion to limit the Massey Commission's activities in Peoria, where Grayson will be tried this fal...
Jul 27, 2025 Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department)
Area veterans ride motorcycles to help other veterans
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Local veterans were on motorcycles Saturday to help other local veterans. The 10th annual Central Illinois Vets for Vets ride took off Saturday morning from the American Legion Pos...
Jul 27, 2025 Photo: 25 News
