Category Archives: Local News
Jury selection in Madigan trial stretches into second week
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The jury that will determine the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is nearly complete after three slow days of jury selection this week. But in ad...
Oct 12, 2024 Former Democratic state House Speaker Michael Madigan is pictured leaving the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in January. Jury selection for his federal corruption trial will continue next week. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Wildlife Prairie Park starts scary weekend festivities
PEORIA Ill. - From here on out, every weekend in October at the "Wildlife Prairie Park" will be a scary one... This weekend is the first, for the park's annual "Scary Festivities" - featuring haunted ...
Oct 11, 2024 (Wildlife Prairie Park)
Election judges training for Nov. 5th and helping early voters
PEORIA Ill. - Peoria County election judges are already getting prepared for November 5th... Thursday, the Peoria County Election Commission held two in-person training sessions for those volunteering...
Oct 11, 2024
UPDATE: Suspect in robbery of Peoria Walgreens found in Mercer County
UPDATED 5:10 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The man wanted by Peoria Police for a robbery at a Walgreens last month has been taken into custody. Peoria Police say 41-year-old Jeffrey Holbrook was found in Aledo,...
Oct 11, 2024 (Peoria Police Department)
Peoria Park District expresses "regret" for comments made about Juneteenth celebration at board meeting
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District says it is expressing "regret" over comments made during a discussion at its meeting last week. In a statement released Thursday, the park district says it was ...
Oct 10, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
Bartonville donut shop announces closing
PEORIA Ill. - Owners of a local donut shop announce -- they'll soon be closing their doors, for good. "Big Mike's Donuts and Coffee" in Bartonville, shared a post on Facebook, Thursday, saying the sto...
Oct 10, 2024 (Big Mike's Donuts & Coffee)
Voters consider ballot questions on reproductive health, tax reform, election interference
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers in Illinois are asking voters to weigh in on three hot-button issues on their ballots this year: election interference, income taxes and reproduct...
Oct 10, 2024 A sample ballot from Danville depicts the advisory questions that will appear on Illinois ballots this year. (Capitol News Illinois image)
Peoria woman pleads guilty in July death of infant son from apparent overdose
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has pleaded guilty in connection to the apparent overdose death of her infant son from this summer. Court documents show that 19-year-old Zenai Wolford pleaded guilty Thu...
Oct 10, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Peoria home significantly damaged by accidental fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a house fire Wednesday night in the 4400 block of W. Andover Drive. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Sander said crews arrived just after 9 p.m., finding flames...
Oct 10, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Transfer station for Peoria trash gets final approval
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City/County Landfill Committee has approved a plan for GFL Environmental to build a transfer station, then a new landfill in about 10 years, in a six to one vote. The landfil...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gflenv.com)
