Category Archives: Local News
As the bitter cold settles in this weekend, area warming centers will be open
PEORIA, Ill. - With frigid cold temperatures in our forecast this weekend, city officials in Peoria, East Peoria and surrounding communities want you to know warming centers will be open. In Peoria, t...
Jan 17, 2025 (illinois.gov)
Jury hears last evidence in Madigan trial as defense rests case
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Attorneys for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan rested their case Thursday, marking the beginning of the end of the longtime Democratic powerbroker's corr...
Jan 17, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after the second week of testimony in his corruption trial on Oct. 31, 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Arson appears to be the cause of garage fire overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a garage fire on Madison Avenue early Friday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says crews arrived around 12:15 a.m., finding heavy smoke and fi...
Jan 17, 2025 D4E / CC
COVID-era public health chief fined $150K for ethics violation
Former Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who led state health policy during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, will pay a $150,000 fine for violating a state anti...
Jan 16, 2025 Dr. Ngozi Ezike, then the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, is pictured at a news conference in Gov. JB Pritzker’s office. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Pekin considering new methanol plant on city-owned property
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin's City Council this week approved plans for a potential methanol plant in the Riverway Business Park. The agreement would allow Ambient Fuels of New York to buy 47 acres from the c...
Jan 16, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to killing girlfriend's kitten at Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend two years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his girlfriend's kitten at a Peoria apartment complex. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 34-year-old...
Jan 16, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Prosecutor goes after final defense witness as Madigan prepares to rest case
CHICAGO - For the past three months, the judge presiding over former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial has reminded jurors before each lunch break and evening recess no...
Jan 16, 2025 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s time on the witness stand concluded in his corruption trial this week. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Residents escape fire Wednesday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on E. Gift Wednesday evening on reports of smoke. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says crews arrive around 6 p.m., finding smoke coming from ...
Jan 16, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Dream Center receives grant to further help Peoria's homeless
PEORIA, Ill. - Dream Center Peoria will be getting a boost from the city to help house homeless couples and single women. The city council Tuesday night unanimously approved a grant to reimburse Dream...
Jan 16, 2025 (Dream Center Peoria Facebook)
State Board of Education seeks $11.4 billion for PreK-12 spending
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve a budget request for the upcoming fiscal year of nearly $11.4 billion, a 4.6% increase over this year's budget, despite p...
Jan 15, 2025 Members of the Illinois State Board of Education are pictured at the board’s December meeting. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
