Category Archives: Local News
Former Peoria High coach released from custody for second time after alleged sexual abuse allegations
PEORIA, Ill. - The former Peoria High boys' basketball coach has been released from jail again after allegations of sexual abuse against a student at the school. The Peoria County State's Attorney's O...
Feb 13, 2026 Daniel Ruffin mugshot (Peoria County Jail Records)
Dunlap High School students protest immigration enforcement efforts
DUNLAP, Ill. - Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement have come to one central Illinois high school. On Friday afternoon, at the end of a half-day of school, around 40 Dunlap High School...
Feb 13, 2026 Dunlap High School students gather outside the district office building to protest ICE after the end of a half-day of school on February 13th, 2026. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Expect parking to be an issue for events at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - It's going to be a busy weekend for the Peoria Civic Center. General Manager Rik Edgar tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" that roughly 15,000 people are expected to walk through the doors thro...
Feb 13, 2026 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Two hospitalized after I-74 crash in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Two people were injured after a two-vehicle crash Thursday night involving a semi-truck on Interstate 74. Illinois State Police says the crash involving the semi and a Chrysler 2...
Feb 13, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Bill to regulate homeowners insurance rates could reemerge this session
Story Summary A bill that would give state insurance regulators authority to review and modify homeowners insurance rates failed on the floor of the House last year but could be revived for a second v...
Feb 13, 2026 Rep. Robyn Gabel has filed a motion to take a second vote on a bill that would give state regulators authority to review and approve homeowners’ insurance rates in Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Pekin woman who asked ex-boyfriend to kill husband appealing sentence
By Liz Lape PEKIN (25 News) - A Pekin woman who pleaded guilty to asking an ex-boyfriend to kill her husband is now appealing the conviction and sentence. 48-year-old Allison Salinas is currently serv...
Feb 13, 2026 Allison Salinas, a Pekin woman accused of trying to have her husband killed, is appealing her sentence. (25 News)
New Tazewell County system aims to prevent fraud
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Tazewell County is launching a new system designed to prevent notary and property fraud. County Clerk Chief Deputy Dan Sullivan says it's one of the fastest growing white-colla...
Feb 13, 2026 Tazewell County Courthouse (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rick Heidner casts himself as 'Trump Republican' in bid to unseat Pritzker
Article Summary Rick Heidner was a late entrant into the GOP gubernatorial primary, but is betting that his alignment with President Donald Trump, business background and outsider status will persuade...
Feb 12, 2026 Rick Heidner, a Republican from Barrington, speaks to voters following a candidate forum in Tazewell County on Jan. 15, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Brenden Moore)
Illinois GOP Senate candidates take stage in first major debate
Article Summary Don Tracy, Jeannie Evans and Casey Chlebek pitched themselves as best positioned to flip a Senate seat Democrats have held since 1985. None directly criticized President Donald Trump, ...
Feb 12, 2026 Visual: Republican candidates for U.S. Senate participate in a debate hosted by hosted by ABC-7 Chicago in partnership with Univision and the League of Women Voters on Feb. 11, 2026. (Screenshot of ABC-7’s debate feed)
Marimar Martinez, Chicago woman shot and briefly charged by Border Patrol, moves to sue
Article Summary Marimar Martinez, the Chicago teacher's aide shot five times by a Border Patrol agent last fall, will release evidence that was recently unsealed from the government's dismissed case a...
Feb 12, 2026 Marimar Martinez and her attorneys present recently unsealed evidence from her trial at a Feb. 11, 2026, news conference. Martinez’s legal team announced at the event that they would be filing a Federal Torts Claim Act complaint later that day, the first step toward a civil suit against the Border Patrol agent who shot Martinez five times in October. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
