Category Archives: Local News
Busy Corner does not anticipate reopening until next year
GOODFIELD, Ill. - A Woodford County restaurant says it will not reopen until next year after a fire earlier this week forced its closure. In a Facebook post Saturday afternoon, Busy Corner in Goodfiel...
Nov 17, 2024 (Busy Corner Facebook)
Two injured after being shot at Peoria apartment complex Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were injured after being shot Saturday in Peoria. 25 News reports officers were called just after 11:45 A.M. to the Lexington Hills Apartments. Police say they found a man wi...
Nov 17, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
DOJ investigates Sangamon Co. Sheriff's Office following Sonya Massey's death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office following the police killing of Sonya Massey. In a letter released on Thursda...
Nov 16, 2024 Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department)
Illinois Democrats brace for second Trump administration amid return to Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - During Donald Trump's first term as president, Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly spent much of their time enacting laws and po...
Nov 15, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters this week, taking several questions about what type of policies he will propose to address the impending administration of President Donald Trump. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Peoria cuts ribbon on completed Glen Avenue reconstruction project
PEORIA, Ill. - For the second time this week, the city of Peoria has cut the ribbon on a completed road construction project. At Concordia Lutheran School on Friday, city leaders officially completed ...
Nov 15, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties drought conditions
PEORIA Ill. - Despite all the rain we've recently seen locally, Peoria -- Tazewell -- and Woodford counties are still in the midst of a moderate drought to abnormally dry conditions. According to the ...
Nov 15, 2024 (NOAA/National Weather Service/USDA)
'Make it a federal court suit': Jurors hear wiretap of McClain describing subcontracts alleged to be bribes
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - For nearly eight years, former Chicago Ald. Frank Olivo had a monthly ritual. The retired politician would sign an invoice for $4,000 - always identical but for the d...
Nov 15, 2024 Fidel Marquez, a former Commonwealth Edison executive-turned-cooperating witness, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse with his attorney on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after his fifth day of testimony in the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria-based organization continues sending ambulances to war-torn Ukraine
PEORIA, Ill. - To date, 83 ambulances, fire trucks and SUVs have been sent to Ukraine through donations to U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine. The organization is headed up by OSF HealthCare's VP of Governme...
Nov 15, 2024 (Courtesy of US Ambulances for Ukraine.org)
Judge weighs whether to acquit ex-AT&T boss after hung jury in corruption case
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Paul La Schiazza, the ex-boss of AT&T Illinois accused of bribing a powerful politician, could be a free man next month. After three hours of oral arguments on Th...
Nov 15, 2024 Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse during his September trial that ended in a mistrial. A jury eventually deadlocked in deciding whether La Schiazza was guilty of bribing longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan via a no-work contract for the speaker’s political ally. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Former Peoria County farm leader passes away
ST. LOUIS - The former head of the Peoria County Farm Bureau has passed away. An obituary for Patrick Kirchhofer says he died on Monday at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, a day after he turned ...
Nov 14, 2024 (25 News)
