Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Peoria County Sheriff's Office identifies vehicle theft and child abduction suspect, manhunt continues
UPDATED 5:53 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The suspect allegedly involved in a child abduction and vehicle theft from Wednesday has been identified by the Peoria County Sheriff's Office. The office says ...
Sep 05, 2024 (Woodford County Sheriff's Office via Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
UPDATE: WIU campus closed after officers shot in Macomb
UPDATED 11:20 A.M. MACOMB, Ill. -- The Macomb Police Department says two officers were shot Wednesday evening, prompting an emergency alert on the campus of Western Illinois University nearby. The off...
Sep 05, 2024 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
One person dead after South Peoria shooting Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A shooting in South Peoria Wednesday night has left one man dead. Peoria Police say the shooting near Martin Luther King Junior Park left a second man with life-threatening injuries. Of...
Sep 04, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria councilman announces reelection bid for second term
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria city councilman wants a second term at the horseshoe. 25 News reports Andre Allen has announced a re-election bid in District Four for next year. Allen was elected in 2021, and...
Sep 04, 2024 (City of Peoria)
East Peoria amends public property camping ordinance
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Following in the footsteps of cities such as Peoria and Pekin, East Peoria is amending city ordinances and code to try and ban homeless encampments. The city council Tuesday night ...
Sep 04, 2024 (City of East Peoria)
Federal judge rejects Illinois' bid to end court oversight of disability programs
(Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Friday denied Illinois' request to end court oversight of its disability services. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, with the U.S. District Court for the North...
Sep 04, 2024 Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois ruled against the state of Illinois’ request to end court oversight of its disability services. (Illustration by Capitol News Illinois, with highlight added)
UPDATE: Peoria Police release photos of suspect accused of stealing vehicle with child inside it, vehicle recovered
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say the Kia Seltos was recovered at around 12:30 P.M. on Wildwood Court, just off Farmington Road. The suspect still remains at large. ------------------...
Sep 04, 2024 (Peoria Police)
Suspect in Chicago area train shooting charged with first-degree murder
FOREST PARK, Ill. - A man suspected of killing four people on a Chicago-area train shot them at close range while they were asleep, officials said Tuesday. The shooting happened before 5:30 a.m. Monda...
Sep 04, 2024 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
Peoria crews rescue occupants trapped after two-vehicle crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to N. Knoxville Avenue Tuesday morning on a two-vehicle rollover accident. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says first crews arrived around 10:50 a.m., ...
Sep 04, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tazewell Co. man sentenced to decades behind bars for drug-induced death
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A Washington man convicted of drug-induced homicide was sentenced on Tuesday to 24 years in prison. 39-year-old Brent Dusch was sentenced for the March 22, 2022 death of Casson...
Sep 04, 2024 (Tazewell County Jail)
