Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Two arrested after alleged East Peoria home invasion and Peoria standoff
UPDATED 8:58 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were arrested in Peoria after an alleged armed home invasion incident in East Peoria. East Peoria Police says 68-year-old Larry Wallace and 37-year-old Gabriel...
Mar 26, 2026
University funding overhaul bill advances in House despite U of I opposition
Article Summary The bill calls for annual increases in university funding of $135 million each year over the next several years, with priority for new money given to schools that are currently the mos...
Mar 26, 2026 Nicholas Jones, left, executive vice president of the University of Illinois System, testifies before a House Committee opposing a bill to overhaul the way Illinois funds public universities. Also testifying in favor of the bill are Southern Illinois University System President Daniel Mahoney, center, and Eastern Illinois University President Jay Gatrell. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Junk fees, child torture, tipped wage proposals among bills to clear committee
Article Summary Friday marks a House deadline to advance bills out of committee, so lawmakers were scrambling to advance their initiatives. More than 150 bills cleared House committees on Tuesday and ...
Mar 26, 2026 The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Illinois House committee advances bill banning immigration detention centers near homes, schools
Article Summary An Illinois House committee advanced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from operating an immigration detention center within 1,500 feet of any home, school, daycare cen...
Mar 26, 2026 House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch presents his bill to limit where federal immigration centers can be placed in Illinois to a House committee on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Threat of severe storms in the Peoria area late Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - It looks like there's a strong possibility of severe weather returning to Central Illinois late in the day Thursday. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Brian Walder has designated ...
Mar 26, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Lawmakers advance Pritzker's cell phone ban, social media regulations
Article Summary Several prongs of Gov. JB Pritzker's legislative agenda began to move this week. Those include youth social media protections, a ban on cell phones in classrooms and allowing some comm...
Mar 25, 2026 Visual: Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters during Agriculture Day at the Illinois Capitol on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Body of man missing since January found in building in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A body found in a building in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood on Tuesday is that of a man that was reported missing at the start of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says t...
Mar 25, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Victim in fatal pedestrian crash in Bartonville identified
PEORIA, Ill. - A 90-year-old man has been identified as the victim in a fatal pedestrian crash Tuesday afternoon in Bartonville. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Carlos Martinez suffered multi...
Mar 25, 2026 (Peoria County Coroner)
Prescription drug price control bill passes first committee hurdle
Article Summary Legislation to establish a prescription drug affordability board passed its first legislative hurdle in committee Tuesday - although changes are forthcoming. The bill would establish a...
Mar 25, 2026 Rep. Nabeela Syed, sponsor of a prescription drug board bill, speaks at a committee meeting Tuesday, March 25. Although the bill faced many concerns from lawmakers, it passed out of committee pending an amendment. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Sales tax increase for Westlake Shopping Center approved
PEORIA, Ill. - A small sales tax increase is coming to Peoria's Westlake Shopping Center. On Tuesday night, the city council voted to approve an increase for the shopping center, going from a rate of ...
Mar 25, 2026 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
