Category Archives: Local News
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)
Lawmakers advance Pritzker's cell phone ban, social media regulations
Article Summary Several prongs of Gov. JB Pritzker's legislative agenda began to move this week. Those include youth social media protections, a ban on cell phones in classrooms and allowing some comm...
Mar 25, 2026 Visual: Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters during Agriculture Day at the Illinois Capitol on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Body of man missing since January found in building in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A body found in a building in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood on Tuesday is that of a man that was reported missing at the start of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says t...
Mar 25, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Victim in fatal pedestrian crash in Bartonville identified
PEORIA, Ill. - A 90-year-old man has been identified as the victim in a fatal pedestrian crash Tuesday afternoon in Bartonville. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Carlos Martinez suffered multi...
Mar 25, 2026 (Peoria County Coroner)
Prescription drug price control bill passes first committee hurdle
Article Summary Legislation to establish a prescription drug affordability board passed its first legislative hurdle in committee Tuesday - although changes are forthcoming. The bill would establish a...
Mar 25, 2026 Rep. Nabeela Syed, sponsor of a prescription drug board bill, speaks at a committee meeting Tuesday, March 25. Although the bill faced many concerns from lawmakers, it passed out of committee pending an amendment. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Sales tax increase for Westlake Shopping Center approved
PEORIA, Ill. - A small sales tax increase is coming to Peoria's Westlake Shopping Center. On Tuesday night, the city council voted to approve an increase for the shopping center, going from a rate of ...
Mar 25, 2026 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Catholic Diocese of Peoria announces Beatification Mass for Fulton Sheen
PEORIA, Ill. - Another step forward for sainthood of central Illinois native Fulton Sheen has been announced. Bishop Louis Tylka of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced Wednesday that a Mass of Be...
Mar 25, 2026 Archbishop Fulton Sheen (right) is hugging Pope John Paul II in this 1979 photo. (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation)
Yearslong ethanol policy standoff could cost Illinois drivers at the pump yet again
Article Summary Midwestern governors, including Illinois' JB Pritzker, are seeking a permanent solution to being able to use the ethanol blend E15 gasoline that's cheaper but some say more polluting a...
Mar 25, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference following his 2026 budget address. Pritzker joined six other Midwestern governors in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urging an emergency waiver on the use of E15 ethanol gasoline this summer. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by George Alexandrakis).
O'Brien Steel, Detweiller Marina land trust respond to neighbors' land sale worries
By Taylor Fleming PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A portion of Detweiller Marina near Caroline Street in Peoria may be sold to O'Brien Steel. The Detweiller Trust owns land that Thomas H. Detweiller wanted t...
Mar 25, 2026 Detweiller Marina near Caroline Street in Peoria. (25 News)
