Category Archives: Local News
UPDATED: ISP hours-long incident ends on interstate in Logan County
UPDATED: 5 A.M. 1/31 LOGAN COUNTY, Ill. - A stretch of I-155 North in Logan County was closed for nearly 21 hours, beginning Wednesday night, due to an ongoing incident. Illinois State Police say arou...
Jan 30, 2025
Prosecutor calls Madigan, McClain 'grand masters of corruption' as case goes to jury
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's record 36 years in power that while others in the state's political realm were mer...
Jan 30, 2025 Longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan are pictured leaving the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2023 and 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
2 dead in Knox County crash on I-74
KNOX COUNTY, Ill. - Part of Interstate 74, near mile marker 63 in Knox County, was closed early Thursday morning due to a crash that left two people dead. Illinois State Police says at approximately 3...
Jan 30, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
PPD seeks information about car involved in pedestrian crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for the driver who hit a pedestrian on N. University Tuesday afternoon. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers responded to the crash scene around 2:40 p.m...
Jan 30, 2025 (Peoria Police Department)
Man arrested after allegedly being in possession of stolen weapon and fleeing Peoria Police
PEORIA, Ill. - An 18-year-old has been arrested after allegedly discarding a stolen gun and fleeing Peoria Police. Officers were investigating a reported male with a gun in the area of University and ...
Jan 29, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Creve Coeur man dies from injuries after reportedly struck by vehicle
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A Creve Coeur man has died from his injuries after being struck by a vehicle in rural Tazewell County. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 43-year-old Adam Harbison was pr...
Jan 29, 2025
Pekin amends language in public camping ban ordinance to define "sleeping"
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin has made some additions to its public camping ban ordinance. The original ordinance approved in July just banned camping, but on Monday night the city council approved ...
Jan 29, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
McClain lawyer calls star witnesses liars as trial nears conclusion
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's trial are finally scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday afternoon more than three months after tes...
Jan 29, 2025 Longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan are pictured leaving the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2023 and 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Car engulfed in flames in Peoria garage fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a car on fire in a garage, attached to an apartment building Tuesday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says crews arrived to W. Sh...
Jan 29, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
'Blatantly unlawful' federal spending freeze sends state scrambling
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - State agencies, nonprofit organizations and a host of other entities that rely on federal funding were thrown into chaos Tuesday following the release of a ...
Jan 28, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured at a news conference on Tuesday about the Trump Administration’s attempt to freeze federal grants and funding. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
