Category Archives: Local News
State ends fiscal year with record revenue
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Despite uncertainty over the economy and federal funding during the second half of fiscal year 2025, the year closed on June 30 with the state setting a new...
Jul 2, 2025 The Illinois Capitol is pictured on May 31, 2025, during the final day of the spring session. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Multiple vehicles burglarized Wednesday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating after more than a dozen vehicles were broken into early Wednesday morning. Officers were flagged down just after 3:00 A.M. near Knoxville and Hines, afte...
Jul 2, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: South Peoria baby's cause of death revealed, 41-year-old charged in his death
UPDATE 1:02 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of death for a seven-month-old South Peoria baby who died on Tuesday has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Eland Davis suffered abusiv...
Jul 2, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria Hispanic festival canceled over deportation concerns
PEORIA, Ill. - A showcase of Hispanic culture along the Peoria Riverfront will not be happening this year. 25 News reports that the Peoria Park District has canceled Fiesta en El Rio over concerns fro...
Jul 2, 2025 (Fiesta en el Rio/Peoria Park District)
Teens indicted on murder charges for S. Peoria tow yard death last month
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers were indicted on Tuesday in connection with the death of a tow yard employee in June. A Peoria County grand jury indicted 18-year-old Terrance Shaw and 16-year-old Jaylin ...
Jul 2, 2025 Brian Turner / CC
American Idol and The Voice Star Victor Solomon to Sing National Anthem at Red White and BOOM!
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's own Victor Solomon will sing the National Anthem ahead of Choose Greater Peoria RED WHITE AND BOOM! presented by i3 Broadband on the 4th of July over the Peoria and East Peoria...
Jul 2, 2025
Gov. Pritzker signs into law two bills aimed at healthcare costs at OSF Healthcare
PEORIA, Ill. - New state laws to help people's healthcare costs were signed into law in downtown Peoria on Tuesday. Governor J.B. Pritzker put his signatures on the Prescription Drug Affordability Act...
Jul 1, 2025 Gov. J.B. Pritzker is joined by area legislators and community leaders to sign two bills into law at OSF Healthcare's downtown Peoria headquarters. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Public Schools to require clear backpacks for 2025-26 school year
PEORIA, Ill. - Clear bookbags will now be the standard for Peoria Public Schools middle and high school students. The school board approved requiring clear bags at its meeting this Tuesday afternoon, ...
Jul 1, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Arrested in toddler's death, 18-year-old is the brother of Peoria boy shot to death in unsolved 2011 case
Amarian D. Billups Wilson encountered murder at a young age, according to his mother. Billups Wilson, 18, was arrested this week in the brutal death of an 18-month-old boy, booked on charges that incl...
Jul 1, 2025 Peoria Police Department
ICC President Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey announces her retirement
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - After nearly 40 years of service in higher education, Illinois Central College President Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey has announced her retirement, effective December 31, 2025. Quirk-Ba...
Jul 1, 2025 Illinois Central College President Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey announces three new programs to start in the fall of 2024, at a press conference on July 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
