Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Supreme Court rulings address FOID seizures, hospital room privacy
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court last week vacated a lower court ruling and reinstated a statute that authorizes the state to revoke a person's Firearm Owners Identific...
Sep 24, 2024 A statue is pictured outside of the Illinois Supreme Court chamber. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
What do we need to know about Covid-19 now?
PEORIA, Ill. - As we move into Fall, are Covid-19 numbers on the rise? Dr. Brian Curtis, with OSF HealthCare in Peoria, says not necessarily. He says the virus has definitely hit an endemic phase. "We...
Sep 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin student facing consequences after comments about a gun
PEKIN, Ill. - A student at Rankin School in Pekin is facing discipline after making a potentially threatening comment. School administrators of the K-8 school learned last Thursday that a student had ...
Sep 24, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria Public Schools sees tip line as crime-fighting tool
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools safety officers are getting more tips since they switched to an anonymous phone app, tip411. The app can be used to report bullying, potential fights, incidents ou...
Sep 24, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Murder conviction tossed out for Peoria man in 2020 shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A murder conviction for a Peoria man in a 2020 shooting death has been thrown out by an appeals court. The Fourth District Appellate Court ruled that because of an error by the trial ju...
Sep 23, 2024 (Illinois Department of Corrections/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois celebrates dispensary openings while manufacturers face significant challenges
Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on the state's marijuana industry. View the first part here. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - While Illinois' cannabis market is boomi...
Sep 23, 2024 A state-commissioned independent study showed Illinois has granted more cannabis licenses to minority- and woman-owned businesses than any other state, although hurdles to those businesses becoming operable remain. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Man takes pleads guilty as part of deal in connection to fatal 2023 shooting near Peoria apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has taken a plea deal from prosecutors in connection to the shooting death of an 18-year-old Peoria apartment complex last year. The Peoria County Circuit Clerk's Office says 26-y...
Sep 23, 2024 Torreon Carey (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man injured after Sunday morning shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was taken to a hospital early Sunday morning after reportedly being shot in South Peoria. Peoria Police says officers responded at around 12:30 A.M. after 18 shots total were repo...
Sep 23, 2024
Disaster declaration approved for Fulton County after July storms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - President Biden signed a federal Major Disaster Declaration on Monday authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Individual Assistance program for Cook, Fulton, H...
Sep 23, 2024 (Fulton County ESDA)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped nearly 5.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.43 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's pri...
Sep 23, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
