Category Archives: Local News
More than 400 local high school students explore job opportunities on ICC Campus
EAST PEORIA Ill. --Around 400 local high school students spent part of their Friday, exploring the East Peoria ICC Campus. It was for their annual "Agriculture, Diesel, and Horticulture Career Showcas...
Sep 13, 2024
On witness stand, former AT&T lobbyist describes how Madigan ally got $22,500 contract
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The day before Thanksgiving in 2016, then-AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza read some news that frustrated him. It seemed that energy giant Exelon, t...
Sep 13, 2024 Retired AT&T Illinois lobbyist Steve Selcke leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday with his attorneys after testifying in the bribery case of his former boss Paul La Schiazza. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
School shooting email raises safety concerns in Chillicothe
PEORIA, Ill. - A post on social media led to safety concerns among students, parents, and staff Wednesday in Chillicothe. The post named Chillicothe Jr. High and Elementary Center as one of the 50 sch...
Sep 13, 2024 Chillicothe Junior High School (25 News)
UPDATE: 16-year-old arrested after shots allegedly fired at Peoria Police officer
UPDATED 2:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 16-year-old was arrested after shots were reportedly fired at a Peoria Police officer Thursday night. Police say officers were dispatched at around 9:15 P.M. on repo...
Sep 13, 2024 (25 News)
6-year-old injured on ride at Morton Pumpkin Festival
MORTON Ill. - A child has been hospitalized after being injured at the "Morton Pumpkin Festival" Thursday. Organizers with the festival say a six-year-old boy was riding the "Sizzler" with his adult a...
Sep 12, 2024 (Morton Pumpkin Festival Facebook)
West Peoria youth behavioral health facility to soon open its doors
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - The doors to a state-of-the-art behavioral health facility for youth in central Illinois is close to opening its doors. Leaders from Carle Health and the community cut the ceremoni...
Sep 12, 2024 Leaders from Carle Health and the community cut the ribbon on the Trillium Place Youth Minds Center, at the former Heddington Oaks location. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: City of Peoria and Riverview Plaza building owner reach agreement on repairs
UPDATED 4:01 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria and the owners of the downtown Riverview Plaza building were to have a circuit court hearing Thursday morning, regarding the status of the building....
Sep 12, 2024 Peoria city attorney Patrick Hayes discusses with media a settlement agreement between the city and the owners of the Riverview Plaza building. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Calculated bribe or 'kiss up' to Madigan? Corruption trial kicks off for former AT&T boss
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the federal corruption trial of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza formally kicked off on Wednesday, prosecutors and defense attorneys paint...
Sep 12, 2024 Former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday after jury selection in his bribery trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Four homes damaged, two firefighters injured in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called overnight to the 3300 block of N.E. Madison Avenue for a house fire. Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arrived around 2:05 a.m., finding the h...
Sep 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Gun used to shoot Mapleton woman looked to have been intentionally put in her hand, prosecutors say
PEORIA Ill. - More details have been released regarding a fatal shooting in a South Peoria home last week. 20-year-old Mary Halcomb of Mapleton was found dead by Peoria police Friday night in the area...
Sep 11, 2024 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
