Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Coroner says Peoria shooting victim has died
UPDATED 9:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Peoria has recorded its first homicide of the year, just four days in. Harwood says a man in his 30's was pronounced dead late...
Jan 04, 2024 (25 News)
Wisconsin man arrested in Peoria after reportedly found with stolen vehicle and weapon
PEORIA, Ill. - A Wisconsin man was arrested early Thursday morning in Peoria after reportedly being found with a stolen vehicle and weapon. Illinois State Police say a traffic stop of a Blue Dodge tru...
Jan 04, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Discussions beginning on repairing Pekin's Avanti's Sports Dome
PEKIN, Ill. - Repair work to the Avanti's Sports Dome in Pekin could be occurring in the near future. City Manager John Dossey tells 25 News that discussions have occurred on a path forward to repair ...
Jan 04, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Multiple promotions within Morton Police Department includes new Chief of Police
MORTON, Ill. - Multiple promotions have occurred in the Morton Police Department, one of which is a new police chief. Shawn Darche was sworn in as the new Chief of Police Tuesday. He was appointed to ...
Jan 04, 2024 (Morton Police Department)
Madigan trial delayed until October for SCOTUS review of bribery statute
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan won't be spending his 82nd birthday in a federal courtroom this spring after a judge on Wednesday granted his requ...
Jan 03, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago Wednesday afternoon. A judge granted Madigan’s motion to delay his bribery and racketeering trial from April 1 to October 8, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of another bribery case. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Governor names new DCFS director
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The troubled state agency charged with the protection of abused and neglected children will have new leadership in the new year. Gov. JB Pritzker announced ...
Jan 03, 2024 Heidi Mueller, who previously served as the state’s director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, was named director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Wednesday. (Capitol News Illinois file photo; Mueller image from the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice)
Man gets prison time after pleading guilty to child porn charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison after he pleaded guilty to the single count of Dissemination of Child Pornography a grand jury charged him with last year. Peoria County Court records st...
Jan 03, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
More people living in Illinois than reported in 2020 Census. Here's what we know
CHICAGO, Ill. - There's more people in the state of Illinois than originally thought. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that a request to include nearly 47,000 people in population estimates ...
Jan 03, 2024 (State of Illinois)
School security help for local districts turns into unfunded mandate
PEORIA, Ill. - A relatively new state law was supposed to help local school districts with security. Instead, it created another unfunded mandate. The law was to provide state grant money to schools t...
Jan 03, 2024 Midwest Communications
Illinois Attorney General warns about phone scam that uses AI to copy voices
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois' Attorney General is warning the public about a new method for phone scams that involves mimicking a loved one's voice with artificial intelligence. In the warning issued Wedn...
Jan 03, 2024 (Office of the Illinois Attorney General)
