Category Archives: Local News
Missouri State University leaving Missouri Valley Conference
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Change is coming within the Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State University released a statement Friday saying it is leaving the current 12-team MVC to be part of Conference U...
May 11, 2024 Bradley women's basketball team conducts a shootaround prior to its game at Missouri State. (Photo: Ed Hammond)
Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker's prison plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (Capitol News Illinois) - Stateville Correctional Center could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker's administration on Friday. Top officials with ...
May 11, 2024 Logan Correctional Center, one of only two prisons for women in Illinois, is slated for closure and rebuilding – possibly from Lincoln to the Chicago suburb of Crest Hill – under a plan from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
As Peoria celebrates its "More Than Pink" Walk, a survivor says early detection and screenings are key
PEORIA, Ill. - On Saturday, hundreds of breast cancer survivors and their family and friends are walking in Peoria's Susan G. Komen "More Than Pink" Walk. The event, formerly "Race For The Cure", has ...
May 11, 2024 minervastock / Depositphotos.com
Labor-backed bill banning 'captive audience' meetings awaits House action
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - With two weeks left before the General Assembly's spring session is set to adjourn, negotiations continue on a labor union-backed initiative that would allo...
May 10, 2024 Sen. Robert Peters, D-Chicago, listens to questions from his Republican colleagues about the union-dubbed “Worker’s Freedom of Speech Act.” It advanced out of the Senate 38-18 last week and awaits action in the House. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
OSF Healthcare planning merger with hospital in Dixon
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF Healthcare has entered into negotiations with Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon, with a merger between the two entities anticipated. OSF announced Friday that a term sheet has...
May 10, 2024 (Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital)
Victim in car vs. pedestrian crash on Route 24 in East Peoria identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The identity of the person who died in a car versus pedestrian crash early Wednesday morning on Route 24 in East Peoria has been identified. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Han...
May 10, 2024
Friday morning house fire in Peoria's East Bluff under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire in Peoria's East Bluff early Friday morning is under investigation. Peoria Fire crews arrived at the home between Archer and McClure near Wisconsin Ave. just after 4:30 A.M. to f...
May 10, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
A year from the deadline, Giannoulias suggests getting REAL ID now
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A year from now, if you're booking a flight and don't have a REAL ID, you'll need to bring another form of ID with you to the airport, or you'll have to make a trip to the DMV. Ill...
May 10, 2024 (Illinois Secretary of State)
House gives OK to new state agency focused on early childhood programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois House gave final passage Thursday to a bill establishing a new cabinet-level state agency whose mission will be to provide a kind of one-stop s...
May 09, 2024 Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, pictured Thursday during House floor debate of Senate Bill 1, which would create a new state agency dubbed the Department of Early Childhood. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Father of Waffle House shooter has sentence appeal denied
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A man from rural Morton whose son shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 has had his sentence upheld. Jeffrey Reinking was sentenced to 18 months in pr...
May 09, 2024 (File-25 News)
