Category Archives: Local News
City of Peoria & Peoria County announces collision alert, amid winter weather conditions
PEORIA Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has issued a traffic collision alert for Peoria County. Citizens that are involved in vehicle crashes, where no one is injured, should exchange informa...
Dec 12, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Peoria City Council approves new chemical plant along Illinois River
PEORIA Ill. - After some special conditions were reached...the Peoria City Council has given its blessing to a new chemical plant in the Distillery TIF District. Council approved zoning changes on Tue...
Dec 12, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Chillicothe building a total loss after Thursday morning fire
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - The building that houses a Chillicothe boutique store is a total loss after a fire Thursday morning. The fire at Sweet Finds on 4th and Chestnut Streets was called in at around 3:3...
Dec 12, 2024 Fire crews put out hot spots at the Sweet Finds boutique in Chillicothe. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested in Peoria for stolen handgun and illegal sale of drugs
PEORIA Ill. -A man has been arrested in Peoria for having a stolen handgun and selling illegal drugs. According to Peoria Police, Wednesday, SWAT was conducting an investigation into the illegal sale ...
Dec 12, 2024
Lobbyist testifies 'loyalty' to Madigan led him to make payments to ousted staffer
CHICAGO - After nearly a dozen years working for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Tom Cullen went out on his own in 1999, building up a lengthy roster of diverse - and often high-paying - clien...
Dec 12, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo and his attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One person sent to hospital after tent fire in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - One person was taken to the hospital after a tent-fire Thursday morning in Peoria. Earlier in the morning, the Peoria Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of Northeast Monr...
Dec 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Recent incidents prompt heightened Statehouse security
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Visitors coming to the Illinois Statehouse to see their lawmakers in action, or just to tour the historic building, may see longer lines to get through secu...
Dec 12, 2024 The Illinois Capitol’s north wing, which is currently undergoing renovations, is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Two arrested in connection to Tuesday night carjacking in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - A carjacking in Peoria Tuesday has two people behind bars. Peoria Police tells us, officers were dispatched to the 2400 block of North Northcrest Drive, just before 8pm, on a report of a...
Dec 11, 2024 (Samuels & McShan mug shots)
State's attorney's office says West Peoria officer-involved shooting from July was "justified"
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says police had "no choice but to use deadly force" in an officer-involved shooting in West Peoria. The office's final report on the July 21s...
Dec 11, 2024 (Peoria County State's Attorney's Office)
Former Madigan ally ordered to testify in ex-speaker's corruption trial
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo never had to appear in a federal courtroom between 2021 and 2022 as he was arraigned on tax evasion charges, later pleaded guilt...
Dec 11, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
