Category Archives: Local News
PCHS choir program ending, students petitioning to save it
PEKIN, Ill. - The final performance for a Pekin Community High School show choir is on the horizon. 25 News reports that the "Noteables" will be discontinued at the end of the school year, with the pr...
Dec 26, 2025 (Pekin Community High School Noteables)
New laws: Illinois expands job-protected leave for parents with newborns in NICU
Article Summary People who work for employers of between 16 and 50 people will get up to 10 days of unpaid leave if they have a newborn in neonatal intensive care. Larger employers have to offer up to...
Dec 26, 2025 The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria Heights man arrested for allegedly trying to meet minor
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - A Peoria Heights man has been arrested after allegedly attempting to meet with a minor. Woodford County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Dennis Tipsword says 41-year-old Daniel Ca...
Dec 26, 2025 (Woodford County Sheriff's Office)
Autopsy scheduled for victim in Tazewell County fatal crash
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - An autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning for the victim of a Christmas Eve fatal crash in Tazewell County. Coroner Charles Hanley says the crash occurred in rural Mackinaw on...
Dec 26, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Tazewell County charges former pastor with sending explicit material to minor
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - A man who served as lead pastor at a Peoria church and held positions in local government and education now faces a felony charge for allegedly sending explicit conte...
Dec 23, 2025 Midwest Communications
Arrest made after man allegedly robs Peoria gas station
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been arrested after allegedly committing an armed robbery to a Peoria gas station on Monday. Peoria Police says officers responded just before 7:15 A.M. to the Marathon on For...
Dec 23, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Local state senators help improve access to special education student records
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A bipartisanship effort by central Illinois lawmakers will improve access for records of special education students in the state in the new year. 25 News reports the law will make ...
Dec 23, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former senior living facility in East Peoria targeted for conversion into apartments
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A former senior living facility in East Peoria could be revived as multi-family housing. Accolade EP Rentals received preliminary approval last week from commissioners for a specia...
Dec 23, 2025 (City of East Peoria)
New laws: Illinois' grocery tax to end, aquifer protections begin
Article Summary Nearly 300 Illinois laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Illinois' 1% statewide grocery tax will be eliminated, but more than half the state's cities and towns have passed an ordinan...
Dec 23, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a Springfield grocery store in 2022 in favor of temporarily eliminating the state’s grocery tax. Four years later, the tax will end permanently, at least statewide. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
South Peoria home damaged after alleged arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson is being blamed for a fire at a South Peoria house Monday night. Peoria Fire says crews responded to the area of Howett and Madison Park Terrace just before 9:30 P.M., finding smo...
Dec 23, 2025
