Category Archives: Local News
New McClugage Bridge to have soft opening on Thursday
PEORIA/EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A new bridge that connects Peoria and East Peoria will partially open Thursday. The Illinois Department of Transportation says traffic patterns will switch overnight on the ...
Dec 18, 2024 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
East Peoria takes final action on new police station, adopts flat property tax levy
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's city council members approved a contract Tuesday night to build a new police station, taking credit for holding the line on property taxes. The council voted unanimou...
Dec 18, 2024 (City of East Peoria/FGM Architects)
Feds set to rest case in Madigan trial; defense prepares to call first witnesses
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Though he wouldn't get a formal diagnosis of dementia until a few years - and one felony plea - later, former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo told FBI agents and government ...
Dec 18, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo and his attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse last week after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Repeat drug, weapons offender from Peoria receives lengthy sentence
PEORIA, Ill. - What started with a pair of ShotSpotter alerts in the East Bluff last March, has resulted in a lengthy prison sentence for a Peoria man. 43-year-old Terrance Shaw was sentenced to 8 yea...
Dec 18, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Former Peoria mayoral candidate indicted on felony charges relating to petition
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria mayoral candidate has been indicted on numerous felony charges relating to his petitions. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 23-year-old Jacob Ryan was ind...
Dec 17, 2024 (25 News/Midwest Communicatons)
Electors cast official votes for president
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois officially awarded its 19 electoral votes Tuesday to Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the unsuccessful Democratic candidates to be the next president an...
Dec 17, 2024 Former U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush, one of Illinois’ presential electors, places his vote for Vice President Kamala Harris as part of the state’s Electoral College vote. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Former Madigan ally contradicts past statements after being ordered to testify
CHICAGO - A top federal prosecutor wasted no time Monday revealing to the jury in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's trial that the latest witness the government called to the stand wasn't th...
Dec 17, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo and his attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse last week after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Outreach groups worried about fires, cold weather as Peoria's camping ban approaches
PEORIA, Ill. - Leaders of Outreach organization LULA Peoria are worried about people living outdoors as the weather gets colder, and they struggle to stay warm. Recently, fires broke out in a homeless...
Dec 17, 2024 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
Illinois' presidential electors to meet Tuesday to cast votes for Harris
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' presidential electors will meet at the Statehouse on Tuesday to cast their votes for president and vice president of the United States. The ceremony, which is held on the same ...
Dec 16, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Richwoods High School counselor arrested for physical altercation with student
PEORIA Ill. - A school counselor at Richwoods High School has been arrested for a physical altercation with a 14-year-old autistic student, earlier this month. According to Peoria Police -- 52-year-ol...
Dec 16, 2024
