Category Archives: Local News
Suspect arrested in Goodfield after multi-county police chase
PEORIA Ill. - A man has been arrested after a vehicle chase with local law enforcement, this morning (Friday). 20-year-old Elijah Sack, of Iowa, was taken into custody on numerous charges of theft and...
Oct 25, 2024
Girls' travel softball coach charged with stealing thousands from East Peoria team funds
EAST PEORIA Ill. - A local travel softball coach pleads not guilty to stealing more than six-thousand dollars of team finances. Jessica McMichael coached the 10-U travel softball team, the East Peoria...
Oct 25, 2024 Midwest Communications
South Side Mission sign ups for holiday meals underway
PEORIA, Ill. - For 53 years, Peoria's South Side Mission has provided holiday meals for people in need at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Mission's Rich Draeger says it's time now to sign up for Thank...
Oct 25, 2024 bhofack2 / Depositphotos.com
'My client is the speaker': Jury hears wiretapped calls of Madigan co-defendant, longtime friend
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - By early 2019, Mike McClain had been a fixture around the Statehouse in Springfield for the better part of 50 years, first as a Democratic lawmaker in the 1970s and t...
Oct 25, 2024 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain (left), longtime confidant to former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right), are pictured in previous appearances at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago in relation to their public corruption trials. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Student arrested after possible threat at Washington Community High School
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A possible safety risk to students at Washington Community High School has been resolved. In an email to families, Superintendent Kyle Freeman said school officials, along with Wash...
Oct 25, 2024 (25 News)
PPD warns public about counterfeit $100 bills in the area
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Police Department wants the public to know that counterfeit $100 bills are circulating through Peoria area businesses. Over the last few weeks, officers have taken numerous r...
Oct 25, 2024 sandsun / Depositphotos.com
Peoria man sentenced to federal prison on drug and weapon charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison on drug and weapons charges. 35-year-old Johnathan Sargent was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in federal prison, ...
Oct 24, 2024 Peoria County Sheriff's Office Mugshot of Johnathan Sargent from 2017. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria breast cancer rowing team takes third in worldwide competition
PEORIA Ill. - A local rowing team, made up of breast cancer survivors and previvors, took home some hardware after competing in the world's largest rowing event, in Boston last weekend. CREW-309 or Ca...
Oct 24, 2024 (CREW309 Rowing Team via crew309.org)
Man arrested for high-speed chase with Peoria Police
PEORIA Ill. - Additional details have been released regarding an arrest made Wednesday morning in Peoria. 23-year-old, Tyrese Walker, has been charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding from police -...
Oct 24, 2024
Pekin Country Club for sale for nearly $2M
PEKIN Ill. - As of Thursday morning, the Pekin Country Club could be yours. The golf course and community center have a listing on the LA based, commercial real-estate website, "Crexi", for nearly $2 ...
Oct 24, 2024 (via Crexski.com listing)
