Category Archives: Local News
Peoria receives state grant to tear down abandoned and unsafe homes
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council has accepted a grant to help tear down abandoned and unsafe buildings in the city. Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a $475,000 grant from the Illino...
Jun 11, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man sentenced for role in Central Peoria shootings last June
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been sentenced for his role in a shooting in Central Peoria last year. 20-year-old Christopher Cleary was sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections We...
Jun 11, 2025 courtroom gavel
Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois plans to merge with Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-based Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois and Central and Southern Indiana are becoming one. Don Johnson, President and CEO of Goodwill of Central Illinois, says the merger i...
Jun 11, 2025 Goodwill Commons is located at 2319 E. War Memorial Drive in Peoria.
Teen facing multiple charges for Farmington home invasion, battery and vehicle theft
FARMINGTON, Ill. - A 16-year-old was arrested Monday night after he broke into a Farmington home, beat the homeowner unconscious, and stole his vehicle. Farmington Police said they were called just af...
Jun 11, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Arson to blame for Peoria fire Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire in Peoria's North Valley Tuesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said crews were called around 7:15 p.m. to Voris Street, near NE Glenda...
Jun 11, 2025 Arson fire on Voris Street in Peoria on Tuesday. (Peoria Firefighters Local 50 Facebook)
Two more members of alleged Peoria street gang indicted by grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - Two more members of an alleged violent street gang have been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury. 17-year-old Amarii Smith-Holley and 18-year-old Kendal Patterson were both indicted ...
Jun 10, 2025 courtroom gavel
Feds to retry Sen. Emil Jones after mistrial on bribery, lying to FBI charges
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced they intend to retry state Sen. Emil Jones III after his April trial on charges of bribery and lying to the FBI ended i...
Jun 10, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, listens to debate on the floor of the Illinois Senate on Friday, May 30, 2025. Jones returned to Springfield for the final weeks of legislative session after his federal corruption trial in April ended in a hung jury. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Teenager indicted in December 2024 shooting death in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a teenager on a murder charge in connection to a fatal shooting on the East Bluff last year. 16-year-old Robert Mister was indicted on one count ...
Jun 10, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Despite setbacks, gun rights groups continue push to overturn Illinois assault weapons ban
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gun rights advocates once again are asking a federal appeals court in Chicago to overturn Illinois' ban on assault-style firearms and large-capacity magazines i...
Jun 10, 2025 Challenges to Illinois’ assault-style weapons ban continue to make their way through federal courts. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
'This issue isn't going away': Illinois lawmakers delay pension reform again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session....
Jun 10, 2025 Union members in the We Are One Illinois coalition hold a rally at the Illinois Capitol in November 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
