Category Archives: Local News
Victim from Tuesday morning's homicide in Peoria identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified a 31-year-old man killed early Tuesday morning when 20 shots were fired on Peoria's southside. Coroner Jamie Harwood says the victim, Quinterius...
Jul 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
DOJ confirms it is 'assessing the circumstances' of Sonya Massey shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed late Tuesday that it is "assessing the circumstances" surrounding the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman by a...
Jul 23, 2024 Attorney Benjamin Crump, the renowned civil rights lawyer who is representing the family of Sonya Massey, speaks at a news conference Tuesday alongside Massey’s son, Malachi Hill Massey. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Grand jury indicts three men accused of burning pride flags in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted three men on a felony hate crime charge related to allegedly stealing and burning pride flags last month. 21-year-old Noah Gohring, 18-year-old N...
Jul 23, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gordon-Booth joins fellow Democratic delegates backing Kamala Harris
PEORIA, Ill. - With the presidential election roughly 100 days away, President Biden announced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race, endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris,...
Jul 23, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois lawmaker calls for strengthening protection for homeschooled children
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - An Illinois lawmaker heading a child welfare committee said the state must strengthen its laws and policies to protect homeschooled children facing inadequa...
Jul 23, 2024 State Rep. Terra Costa Howard, D-Glen Ellyn, is calling for stronger homeschool laws following reporting about the state’s lax oversight. She’s pictured in a file photo on the House floor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
East Peoria fatal crash victim identified by coroner
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A 16-year-old girl from Washington has been identified as the victim in a single-vehicle fatal crash early Monday morning. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says Avery Grazier...
Jul 23, 2024
Coroner says victim of West Peoria officer involved shooting died instantly
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner's Office says the victim of a weekend officer-involved shooting died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Coroner Jamie Harwood said Donald Wison, 46...
Jul 22, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Illinois faces backlash over bid to end oversight of disability services
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As Illinois seeks to end federal court oversight of its disability services, an independent court monitor says the state continues to fall short of promises...
Jul 22, 2024 The state-run Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center is seen in Anna, Ill., Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 150-year-old facility serves about 330 people annually. (Photo © Whitney Curtis for ProPublica)
More Illinois Democrats - including Pritzker - endorse Harris for president
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker added his name to the growing list of influential Democrats endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for president fol...
Jul 22, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker (center) and Sen. Dick Durbin (right) are pictured in a file photo with former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in 2019. They joined the list of Illinois Democrats lining up behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s 2024 nominee after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Multiple juveniles injured after single-vehicle crash in Dunlap Monday morning
DUNLAP, Ill. - Seven juveniles were taken to a hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Dunlap early Monday morning. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to an iPhone crash in th...
Jul 22, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
