Category Archives: Local News
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
Peoria Riverfront Museum hits membership milestone number for 2nd time
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum says it has hit a milestone for the second time. In a Facebook post on Saturday, the museum says it has reached 4,000 members. It says the mark was achieved...
Nov 30, 2024 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Drought conditions improving in central Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions are improving across central Illinois. The latest US Drought Monitor report released on Wednesday shows all of Peoria and Tazewell Counties in abnormal dry conditi...
Nov 30, 2024 (NOAA/NWS)
Peoria holiday tradition continues for 137th year with Santa Claus Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - The Christmas season arrived in Peoria on a chilly and windy Friday morning with an annual tradition. The 137th edition of the Peoria Santa Claus Parade weaved its way through the stree...
Nov 29, 2024 Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus arrive in downtown Peoria to cap the 137th edition of the Peoria Santa Claus Parade. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
