Category Archives: Local News

Victims of Peoria Heights house fire, have been identified
PEORIA HEIGHTS Ill. - The married couple that died in the house-fire in Peoria Heights Thursday, has been identified. In an autopsy Friday, Peoria County Coroner, Jamie Harwood, identified the two as ...
Casey Foreman Dec 6, 2024 (Midwest Communications)

Man charged with aggravated battery for punching elderly man, in Peoria, in August
PEORIA Ill. - The man arrested for punching a 79-year-old at the Shell gas station on Prospect in Peoria, in August, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery Thursday. According to Peoria Cou...
Casey Foreman Dec 6, 2024

Phone outage affecting calls to Peoria government facilities
PEORIA Ill. - The City of Peoria is experiencing a phone outage. The city sent out a statement early Friday, saying they are experiencing an outage for numbers with a 494 prefix. AT&T is working o...
Casey Foreman Dec 6, 2024 (City of Peoria)

'There's something fishy here, don't you think?': Wiretapped calls detail Madigan confidant's confoundment over complicated land deal
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - It was the last day of the General Assembly's spring legislative session in 2018 when veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain realized his bill wasn't going an...
TJ Carson Dec 6, 2024 The parking lot along Wentworth Ave. in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood in October 2024. In 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan directed his close ally Mike McClain to work on getting the state-owned land transferred to developers who were interested in building on a portion of the lot. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)

Annual Drive for Miracles Radiothon from 93.3 the Drive takes place Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Each December, Midwest Communications' 93.3 The Drive rallies behind OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital in Peoria, raising money and awareness, to help the kids that are treated there. ...
TJ Carson Dec 6, 2024 (93.3 the Drive/Midwest Communciations)

Illinois Commerce Commission makes decision on Illinois American Water general rate increase
PEORIA Ill. - The Illinois Commerce Commission cut portions of Illinois American Water's rate increase request for water and sewer services, Thursday. The decision from the ICC reduces Illinois Americ...
Casey Foreman Dec 5, 2024 Illinois American Water

Two dead in Peoria Heights house fire
UPDATED: 4:55PM PEORIA HEIGHTS Ill. - Two people are dead, due to a house fire in Peoria Heights early this afternoon, according to 25News and Peoria County Coroner, Jamie Harwood. Peoria Heights Fire...
Casey Foreman Dec 5, 2024 (Midwest Communications)

No injuries after Thursday morning fire in Deer Creek
DEER CREEK, Ill. - A shed was destroyed after a fire Thursday morning in Deer Creek. 25 News reports the fire was reported at around 8:30 A.M. on Lakeland Road. Morton Fire says the homeowner was home...
TJ Carson Dec 5, 2024 (25 News)

Jurors see list of Madigan's job recommendations given to newly elected Gov. Pritzker
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In the weeks following now-Gov. JB Pritzker's November 2018 victory over one-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan busied...
TJ Carson Dec 5, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s handwritten notes from a meeting with Governor-elect JB Pritzker in December 2018. The notes were shown as evidence in the former speaker’s corruption trial Wednesday, six years to the day after he wrote them. (Screenshot from court documents)

IDOT hosts public hearing for Illinois 29 project in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation held a public hearing Wednesday, at Peoria Heights High School, regarding the proposed improvements to Illinois Route 29. The project wi...
Casey Foreman Dec 4, 2024 (Casey Foreman & 1470 100.3 WMBD)



