Category Archives: Local News
Jury selection begins next week in corruption trial of former Speaker Madigan
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Jury selection will begin next week in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, whose half-century career and status as Illinois' ...
Oct 04, 2024 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pedestrain struck by Chillicothe Police squad car
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was taken to a local hospital after reportedly being struck by a Chillicothe Police squad car. Illinois State Police say the crash occurred in the area of Rome West Road and ...
Oct 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois governor urges more facilities like West Peoria's Young Minds Center across state
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker wants to see more facilities like Trillium Place's Young Minds Center across the state. Pritzker stopped by the facility on Thursday during a visit ...
Oct 03, 2024 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks with Chad and Jenna Manbeck of Peoria at the Young Minds Center in West Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
7 displaced in Peoria house fire that killed dog, rabbits inside
PEORIA Ill.- A fire Thursday morning displaced a family of seven -- and killed three animals. Limestone Fire Chief, Dale Hoerr, told 25NEWS, just after 9am -- a neighbor called fire crews to the house...
Oct 03, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Man Charged with Killing 10-Year-Old
PEORIA Ill. - The man suspected of shooting and killing a 10-year-old in South Peoria, over the weekend, has been charged with First-Degree murder. 33-year-old, Maurice Sargent, was charged Thursday, ...
Oct 03, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Drought conditions continue across central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Drought conditions continue to persist across central Illinois. The latest update released Thursday shows abnormally dry conditions in all of Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, and S...
Oct 03, 2024 (National Weather Service)
UPDATE: Victim in fatal South Peoria house fire identified
UPDATED 5:35 P.M. - An 81-year-old man was the victim in a fire Wednesday night in South Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Raul Rosas was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire just b...
Oct 03, 2024 Midwest Communications
Pritzker touts Illinois' economic development at data center groundbreaking
AURORA, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A Texas-based company broke ground on a new data center in Aurora on Wednesday, the latest in a boom of data storage facility developments in northern Illinois. ...
Oct 02, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker pictured earlier this year (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Arrests made in connection to fatal shooting of child at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people have been arrested in connection to the Sunday night fatal shooting of a 10-year-old in Peoria. Peoria Police say 33-year-old Maurice Sargent was identified as the suspect in...
Oct 02, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Ohio man accused of stealing vehicle with child inside it in Peoria makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. - An Ohio man who was the subject of a manhunt after allegedly stealing a vehicle with a three-year-old child inside it in Peoria has made his first court appearance. 45-year-old Victor F...
Oct 02, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
