Category Archives: Local News
Man pleads guilty to filming women at Peoria hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - A former neurosurgery resident in Peoria has pleaded guilty to reportedly filming female employees in a bathroom. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 30-year-old Henry Chan...
Feb 19, 2025 courtroom gavel
State official: renewable investments 'best thing' to lower energy costs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - With an increasing number of officials warning Illinois might struggle to meet its renewable energy goals, regulators and lawmakers met Tuesday to discuss h...
Feb 19, 2025 Illinois Power Agency director Brian Granahan speaks to lawmakers at a Capitol hearing. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Investigation leads to large drug bust, guns found in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - A man is in custody in Tazewell County after Pekin Police seized over three kilos of cocaine and loaded guns. In a Facebook post, Pekin Police say the arrest concludes a three-month narc...
Feb 19, 2025 (Pekin Police Department--Facebook page)
Pritzker to call for expansion of 4-year degree offerings at some community colleges
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker plans to offer a proposal in his budget address Wednesday that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees...
Feb 19, 2025 The Illinois Community College System headquarters is pictured in downtown Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Families displaced by apartment garage fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, Peoria firefighters were sent to a reported fire at the Versailles Hamlet Apartments on W. Loire Court. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says they found hea...
Feb 19, 2025 Midwest Communications
Two Peoria Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm Charges
PEORIA Ill. - Two Peoria men have been sentenced to multiple years in federal prison for robbery and firearm offenses. According to the United States Attorney's Office Central District of Illinois, 29...
Feb 18, 2025 (Left: Tyrone Curtis Right: Isaiah Holland)
Committee advances bill to ban vehicle searches based on smell of cannabis
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS. - An Illinois Senate committee advanced a bill on Tuesday that would strictly limit police's ability to search a vehicle after smelling cannabis. The Senate Criminal Law Committ...
Feb 18, 2025 A Senate committee advanced a bill that would end the state’s law requiring cannabis to be transported in an odor-proof container. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Peoria Police looking for suspects in weekend robbery in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Peoria Police are actively searching for suspects from a weekend robbery in Peoria. According to officers, just after 1:15am on Saturday, they responded to the Hardees fast-food restaura...
Feb 18, 2025
Eliminating immigrant spending, boosting education funding top Senate Republican budget priorities
SPRINGFIELD - A day ahead of Gov. JB Pritzker's annual budget address Wednesday, Senate Republicans said they want budget negotiations to include cuts to noncitizen spending while bringing in "transpa...
Feb 18, 2025 Senate Republican Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, center, speaks at a Statehouse news conference Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, about Gov. JB Pritzker’s upcoming budget address. Joining him were Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, left, and Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, right. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Peoria Public Works previews future Moss Avenue construction project
PEORIA Ill. - A $10 million construction project is getting ready to start on Moss Avenue in Peoria. Andrea Klopfenstein with Peoria Public Works stopped by WMBD Radio's The Phil Luciano Show Tuesday ...
Feb 18, 2025 (City of Peoria)
