Category Archives: Local News
Drought worsens in central Illinois, but relief on the way
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions are getting worse in central Illinois, but relief could soon be on the way. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday shows all of Peoria, Tazewell,...
Oct 24, 2024 (NOAA/National Weather Service/USDA)
Abandoned building on Peoria's South Side to be torn down
PEORIA, Ill. - An abandoned building on Peoria's South Side will soon meet the wrecking ball. The Peoria City Council on Tuesday approved the demolition of the South Side Market building on Adams Stre...
Oct 24, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria International Airport receives more grant funding for tower project
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria International Airport's air traffic control tower project is receiving more funding. The airport announced Thursday that a grant of $13.5 million has been secured by U.S. Senator...
Oct 24, 2024 Employees of the Peoria International Airport take part in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new air traffic control tower at PIA. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
ComEd exec testifies utility prepared for bankruptcy before 2011 law threw it a lifeline
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In 2006, electric utility Commonwealth Edison was riding out the last year of a decadelong state-mandated rate freeze, which had put the company in "dire" financial s...
Oct 24, 2024 A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from ComEd, along with other alleged acts of corruption. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Washington school officials address confusion following possible safety risk
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Officials say there was a noticeable drop in attendance at Washington High School on Wednesday after the school superintendent asked students to leave their backpacks at home. The s...
Oct 24, 2024 (25 News)
Arrest made in one of three shootings in Peoria on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - One person has been arrested and charged in connection to a shooting on Monday in Peoria that injured a man. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 18-year-old Daemion Moore i...
Oct 23, 2024
House fire on Peoria's South Side under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a house fire on Peoria's South Side from Wednesday morning is under investigation. Peoria Fire says crews were called to the two-story home in the area of Adams and Stanley...
Oct 23, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria woman killed in multi-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Ill.
PEORIA Ill. - A Peoria woman is dead, following a multi-vehicle crash in Jackson County on Monday. 25 News reports 18-year-old Lyric Irby, of Peoria, was identified by the Jackson County Coroner's Off...
Oct 23, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Feds 'turned over heaven and earth' in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - It was a day of dj vu at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday as veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain sat at a defense table listening to opening statements in ...
Oct 23, 2024 Mike McClain, a longtime Statehouse lobbyist and the co-defendant of former House Speaker Michael Madigan in an ongoing corruption trial, is pictured last year at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being found guilty in a related trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATED: Amended Salvation Army men's shelter plans approved by Peoria City Council
UPDATED 10/23 11:10 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A new men's shelter for Peoria's Salvation Army has been approved by the Peoria City Council. On Tuesday night, Council unanimously approved amended plans for a...
Oct 22, 2024 (City of Peoria/Keach Architechtural Design)
