Category Archives: Local News
Barn total loss after fire in Toulon
TOULON, Ill. - Several goats were rescued from a barn fire Thursday afternoon in Toulon. Toulon Fire says crews were called to the 900 block of Main just after 4:15 P.M., finding a two-story barn with...
Mar 27, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Rideshare driver unionization, human composting bills among 264 to advance
Article Summary Friday marked the House's deadline to pass bills out of committee, with lawmakers sending more than 260 bills to the floor this week. Initiatives such as allowing rideshare drivers to ...
Mar 27, 2026 Rep. Yolanda Morris, D-Chicago, speaks at a committee meeting considering her rideshare unionization bill. House committees passed over 200 bills out of committee this week. Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert.
Peoria man pleads not guilty to alleged child sex crimes
By Liz Lape PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A Peoria man pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing a minor in Peoria County court on Thursday. 61-year-old Alfred Cohoon is accused of criminal sexual abuse invol...
Mar 27, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Former WTVP finance director dismissed from lawsuit
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The former finance director for WTVP has been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by the station and its insurance company. 25 News reports Lin McLaughlin was part of the suit that...
Mar 26, 2026 (25 News)
Business dreams on display at Bradley University's Big Idea Innovation Expo
PEORIA, Ill. - The entrepreneurial hopes and dreams of Bradley students were on display Thursday afternoon. Nearly 20 student-led business ideas were on display at the Big Idea Innovation Expo at the ...
Mar 26, 2026 Abby Rybicki (center) speaks about her product, Flash Frames, at Bradley University's Big Idea Innovation Expo on March 26th, 2026. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
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)
