Category Archives: Local News
Senator tries last-ditch push to boost horse-racing industry in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In the backstretch of the legislative session, horse racing advocates are pushing to revitalize the industry in Illinois and its accompanying horse betting,...
May 29, 2025 Sen. Patrick Joyce, (center) D-Essex, speaks in favor of his bill to expand horse racing in Illinois alongside Jeff Davis, president of the Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association, and Nicole Bateman, president of the Economic Development Corporation of Decatur-Macon County. Decatur would be the site of a new racino under the legislation. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Sentence reduced for man convicted for role in fatal Peoria pedestrain crash in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - An appellate court has reduced the prison sentence of a man convicted for his role in a fatal pedestrian crash in Peoria two years ago. The 4th District Appellate Court ruled that the j...
May 29, 2025 courtroom gavel
Peoria Warehouse District building approved for alcohol sales
PEORIA, Ill. - A building in Peoria's Warehouse District has been given approval to have alcohol on site. The city council on Tuesday approved a site application for S & A Hospitality, which opera...
May 29, 2025 (25 News)
Gas leak in North Peoria temporarily closes bank
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria bank building is closed after a gas leak Thursday morning. Peoria Fire says crews were called to the area of Knoxville and Inverness just after 9:15 A.M. on reports of a natura...
May 29, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker threatens to veto any budget containing 'broad-based' tax increase
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday he will not sign a budget that includes broad tax hikes to fund new spending as lawmakers are in the final hours of budget n...
May 29, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters following an event at the Illinois State Library in Springfield on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Pritzker pledged to veto any budget with “broad-based” tax increases. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Senate passes bill requiring Illinois libraries to supply opioid overdose medication
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Legislation that would require Illinois public libraries to have life-saving medications on hand for people experiencing opioid overdoses and provide staff traini...
May 29, 2025 If signed into law, a bill that passed the Illinois Senate unanimously would require that all Illinois public libraries have medication on hand to combat an opioid overdose, and trained staff to administer it. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Ismael M. Belkoura)
Logan Dunne's family sues Methodist Medical Center for "wrongful death"
PEORIA, Ill. - The family of Logan Dunne, who went missing in June of 2023 and was found dead later that year, is suing a hospital he was admitted to days before his disappearance for his death. 25 Ne...
May 29, 2025 (25 News)
Former Peoria resident doctor sentenced for filming women in bathroom
PEORIA, Ill. - A former neurosurgery resident in Peoria has been sentenced after pleading guilty to filming women in bathrooms. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 30-year-old Henry Chang...
May 28, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Fire launches school supply donation drive
PEORIA, Ill. - For the fourth straight year, Peoria Firefighters are spending part of their summer gathering school supplies. The department launched its annual Fill The Fire Truck campaign on Wednesd...
May 28, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
NWS weather radio to go offline in early June for maintenance
LINCOLN, Ill. - Weather radios across central Illinois will be off the air for a few days next week. NOAA and the National Weather Service Lincoln office will perform upgrades to its Advanced Weather ...
May 28, 2025 (NOAA/National Weather Service)
