Category Archives: Local News
GasBuddy: Local gas prices continue to fall post-Memorial Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 3.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 4...
Jun 03, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
PCAPS has urgent need for pet adopters
PEORIA, Ill. - If you are looking to add a furry friend to your family, now is the time. Peoria County Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) is waiving adoption fees through Friday, June 7. PCAPS officia...
Jun 02, 2024 PCAPS new mobile Spay/Neuter Service unit outside PCAPS' facilities. (PCAPS Facebook)
Members of House speaker's staff sue over ongoing unionization conflict
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Members of a would-be union representing staffers in House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch's office filed suit against their boss on Friday, asking a Cook Cou...
Jun 02, 2024 House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch speaks during a news conference at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield in this January 2021 file photo. Welch says that he has enough votes to be House speaker for a second term and he looks forward to working with an even larger supermajority of Democrats than during his first term. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Speaker of the House visits Peoria to rally Republicans ahead of November elections
PEORIA, Ill. - The Speaker of the House says he's visited more than 110 cities and communities since taking the job in October, and added Peoria to the list Saturday night. Republican Mike Johnson of ...
Jun 01, 2024 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks to media before his appearance at the Peoria and Tazewell Counties Lincoln Day Dinner on June 1st, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall returning to East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall will be on display a second time in East Peoria. City officials say the traveling wall will be on display in Levee Park Sept. 25-29. Admission i...
Jun 01, 2024 (City of East Peoria)
Ban on 'captive audience' meetings, AI regulations among 466 bills to pass this session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (Capitol News Illinois) - A bill banning what unions refer to as employer-sponsored "captive audience" meetings about religion and politics has cleared both chambers of the General...
Jun 01, 2024 The Illinois Capitol dome is pictured through the trees in Springfield. Lawmakers adjourned their spring session this week after passing 466 bills this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Suspect in shooting incident at Peoria Heights gas station during Memorial Day weekend to remain in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - One of the three suspects arrested in connection to a shooting incident at a Peoria Heights gas station was ordered to remain in jail. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a...
May 31, 2024 (Peoria Heights Police Department)
Levee District road construction project set to begin
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A major road closure in East Peoria's Levee District is scheduled for Monday. West Washington Street from just east of the roundabout to the East Peoria City Hall will be closed fo...
May 31, 2024 Midwest Communications
Bradley University president resigning from role in June
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University will be looking for a new president. The university has announced that Stephen Standifird is resigning from the position, effective June 15th, nearly four years to th...
May 31, 2024 Bradley University president Stephen Standifird speaks at an event in 2022. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Woman from Normal identified as victim in fatal Interstate 74 crash near East Peoria
UPDATED 3:38 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A 32-year-old female from Normal has been identified as the victim in the fatal crash on Interstate 74 Friday morning near Pinecrest. Tazewell County Coroner Char...
May 31, 2024 Traffic on eastbound I-74 near the Washington Street exit was shut down Friday morning after a crash involving a semi and another vehicle. --(IDOT Camera)
