Category Archives: Local News
Washington woman pleads guilty for role in relationship with minor
PEKIN, Ill. - A Washington woman has pleaded guilty for her role in a sexual assault case with a minor that also involves the pair having a baby together. 25 News reports 43-year-old Robyn Polston was...
Apr 09, 2026 TAZEWELL COUNTY
State education officials present $10.9B budget request to fund public schools
Article Summary The Illinois State Board of Education presented its budget request for $10.9 billion to fund public schools in the upcoming fiscal year. The request includes $300 million in new spendi...
Apr 09, 2026 Illinois State Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders, left, and State Board of Education member Patricia Nugent, present the agency’s $10.9 billion budget request to a House appropriations committee Tuesday, April 7. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Suspect in deadly stabbing near Bradley University pleads not guilty
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused in a stabbing death near Bradley University last month has pleaded not guilty. 21-year-old Tavion Evans appeared in court Thursday to make his plea at an arraignment hea...
Apr 09, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Man injured in stabbing Wednesday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is in serious but stable condition after reportedly being stabbed Wednesday night in Peoria. Peoria Police says officers responded just after 8:15 P.M. to the area of Romeo B Garr...
Apr 09, 2026
Rental fee limits, detention center regulations among bills to pass House
Article Summary After a short spring break, House lawmakers returned this week to pass dozens of bills out of the chamber. Among the bills were measures addressing apartment rental fees and regulating...
Apr 09, 2026 Three men in Customs and Border Protection uniforms stand on the roof of a Broadview immigration facility taking pictures of the surrounding area on Oct. 9, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Firefighters injured in Peoria residential fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Two firefighters were hurt after falling through a porch while battling a fire Thursday morning. Crews were called just after 7:15 a.m. to a home in the 3000 block of N. Sheridan Road i...
Apr 09, 2026 Peoria firefighters were called Thursday morning to Sheridan Road between Forrest Hill and Melbourne for a large fire. (Peoria Fire Department)
Illinois lawmakers begin days of deep dives on data centers
Article Summary The House Executive Committee met Wednesday to hear from mayors, unions and agriculture representatives about how data centers impact communities. The subject matter hearing was the fi...
Apr 09, 2026 Environmental advocates rally for greater data center regulation in Illinois at the Capitol on
Wednesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Update: Driver fleeing PPD is injured after jumping bridge gap
PEORIA, Ill. - An SUV, leading Peoria Police in a chase, crashed into an embankment after driving off a section of the Harmon Highway overpass still under construction early Wednesday morning. Peoria ...
Apr 09, 2026
Pekin law enforcement leaders react to arrest made in Robert Bee case
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County law enforcement leaders discuss a break in the case regarding the death of a 13-year-old Pekin boy nearly a decade ago. 48-year-old Keith Brackett has been charged with t...
Apr 08, 2026 Pekin Police Chief Seth Ranney speaks at a press conference announcing an arrest in the murder case of 13-year-old Robert Bee, who went missing in 2016. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arrest made in connection to 2016 homicide of 13-year-old Robert Bee
PEKIN, Ill. - An arrest has been made in connection to the nearly decade-old homicide of a Pekin child. Pekin Police Chief Seth Ranney and Tazewell County State's Attorney Kevin Johnson announced on W...
Apr 08, 2026 Tazewell County State's Attorney Kevin Johnson speaks at a press conference on April 8th, 2026 announcing an arrest made in connection to the 2016 death of 13-year-old Robert Bee of Pekin. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
