Category Archives: Local News
Manito man dies in Sunday night motorcycle crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A 39-year-old Manito man died after a motorcycle crash Sunday night in Tazewell County. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the single-motorcycle crash occurred just after 8:30 P.M...
Jul 1, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Teenager arrested by Peoria Police on weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested a wanted teenager last week on weapons charges. Officers observed the teen leave a South Peoria house in the area of Lincoln and Olive just before 3:00 P.M. on Th...
Jul 1, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Deal reached between Illinois American Water and striking employees
PEORIA, Ill. - Fourteen employees of Illinois American Water's Peoria District are back to work after going on strike last month. The utility says it and the International Union of Operating Engineers...
Jul 1, 2024 Illinois American Water
Washburn pizza restaurant to close after four decade run
WASHBURN, Ill. - The owners of a Washburn pizza restaurant say they're closing the doors for good this month. The last day of nearly four decades in business for Sicily Pizza will be July 14th. In a F...
Jul 1, 2024 (Sicily Pizza Facebook)
New Illinois state laws going into effect on July 1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Across the country new state laws are taking effect starting Monday. Here in Illinois, a new law will allow undocumented immigrants to get an Illinois driver's license. The state g...
Jul 1, 2024 benkrut / Depositphotos.com
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices steady ahead of 4th of July
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped a little over one cent a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.66 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Prices in Pe...
Jul 1, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Traffic pattern switch in Peoria road construction project begins Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Road construction on Glen Avenue between University Street and Dawn Drive moves into another phase. Beginning Monday, the head-to-head traffic configuration on Glen Avenue will shift to...
Jun 30, 2024 Glen Avenue crossover from March, 2024. Photo: IDOT
Golf Learning Center and Peoria Zoo improvements approved by Peoria Park District board
PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple Peoria Park District facilities will be receiving improvements over the next year. The park district board approved the projects at their meeting on Wednesday. One of them is a...
Jun 28, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
Circuit court warns of phone scam in Peoria County regarding jury duty
PEORIA, Ill. - The Tenth Judicial Circuit Court is warning about a reported scam in Peoria County regarding missed jury duty. In a statement Friday, the court says there's been reports of people posin...
Jun 28, 2024 courtroom gavel
Pritzker calls SCOTUS emergency abortion ruling 'small respite' as state protections await his signature
Abortion remains legal as an emergency medical procedure in Idaho, for now, after a Thursday U.S. Supreme Court ruling, while a bill that would cement those protections in Illinois law awaits Gov. JB ...
Jun 28, 2024 Rep. Dagmara Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, speaks on the House floor during the 2024 spring legislative session. Avelar sponsored a bill that would codify protections for emergency abortions into state law in response to a Supreme Court case casting doubt on federal protections for the procedure. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
