Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Florida woman identified as victim in fatal crash in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 20-year-old woman from Florida is the victim in a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian crash early Wednesday morning. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the woman was pro...
May 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Thousands of youths at risk of losing access to after-school programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Advocates for community-based after-school programs say as many as 40,000 youths statewide could lose access to tutoring services, recreation and other extr...
May 08, 2024 Susan Stanton – ACT Now 240507: Susan Stanton, executive director of the advocacy group ACT Now, leads a rally calling on state lawmakers to provide funding to prevent after-school programs that serve an estimated 40,000 students statewide from being forced to close this summer. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
UPDATE: Strong storms to arrive this evening in central Illinois, but severe threat stays to the south
UPDATED 11:29 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Severe weather will appear to miss the Peoria area on Wednesday. The National Weather Service office in Lincoln predicts that severe storms will stay well south of ce...
May 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Residents displaced by fire Tuesday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Kingsway Drive Tuesday night, on reports of a fire. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews arrived around 10 p.m., they found heavy...
May 08, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Lawsuit alleges sexual abuse was rampant in state-run juvenile detention centers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Rampant sexual abuse occurred unchecked for decades at Illinois' juvenile detention centers, a new lawsuit filed on behalf of 95 former detainees alleges, c...
May 07, 2024 More than 90 people filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging decades of rampant sexual abuse at Illinois’ youth detention centers. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams)
Two men arrested in South Peoria after being reportedly found passed out with weapons
PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were arrested in South Peoria early Monday morning after reportedly being found passed out with weapons. Peoria Police responded just before 5:00 A.M. to the area of Millman and...
May 07, 2024 Orlando Mathews (left) and Tristan Shelton (right) mugshots. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Survey asks Peoria residents what splash pad at Lakeview Park should look like
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District wants your thoughts on a future splash pad to be installed at Lakeview Park. The park district is asking for opinions through a survey, now open through May 16t...
May 07, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Collins: A chance of severe storms remains through Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Storms we've seen in Central Illinois Tuesday morning will move out of the area, but we could see an isolated storm or two Tuesday afternoon. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chu...
May 07, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Woman injured in shooting Monday night in Peoria. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Police say a woman was shot in the arm Monday night after ShotSpotter detected multiple rounds fired in Central Peoria. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says it happened around 9:...
May 07, 2024
Peoria man pleads guilty in relation to his daughter's death in 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has pleaded guilty to First Degree Murder in relation to the death of his daughter in Peoria two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 27-year-old Shamari Wi...
May 06, 2024 courtroom gavel
