Category Archives: Local News
Public health officials urge caution around respiratory illnesses
(Capitol News Illinois) -The Illinois Department of Public Health is advising Illinoisans to take precautions to avoid spreading respiratory illnesses as cases around the state and country are on the ...
Dec 20, 2023 Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in May 2023. IDPH is warning Illinoisans to take precautions against the spread of respiratory viruses as hospitalizations rise. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
East Peoria City Council reverses course, bans commercial cannabis cultivation facilities
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Cannabis dispensaries are still okay in East Peoria. Commercial cannabis-growing operations, however, are not. The East Peoria City Council Tuesday night voted to change its ordina...
Dec 20, 2023 Elsa Olofsson / CC
UPDATE: Police now say Mason City school threats aren't credible
UPDATED 1:23 P.M. MASON CITY, Ill. - Classes are canceled at some schools in the Illini Central School District, after someone made violent threats for the second day in a row - threats police say are...
Dec 20, 2023 Montse PB / CC
Family wants answers after overdose at Tazewell County Jail
PEKIN, Ill. - An inmate at the Tazewell County Jail is recovering after overdosing on heroin while in custody. He was identified by his aunt Tana as Gavin Faichney, 21, whom jail records indicate is s...
Dec 20, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New, expanded relationship between OSF HealthCare, Diocese of Peoria
UPDATED 6:10 a.m. 12/20/23 PEORIA, Ill. - The Catholic Diocese of Peoria will soon have more of a supporting role in the operation of OSF HealthCare. The sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis ha...
Dec 19, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
New McClugage Bridge arch in place
PEORIA, Ill. - You might say Tuesday was the day workers on the McClugage Bridge were waiting for, with the installation of the new arch for the new eastbound lanes. At least, that's how John Love, th...
Dec 19, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation/McClugageBridge.com)
$572 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - No top prize winner in the more than $500 million Powerball jackpot Monday night. Lottery officials say the drawing for the $544 million dollar prize, however, presented two player...
Dec 19, 2023 (Powerball)
Police: Arrest expected after stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is injured and another will soon be arrested after two people allegedly were caught fighting, and one allegedly stabbed the other. Peoria Police say it happened around 12:30 ...
Dec 19, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
ADM to buy UK-based firm to boost nutrition business
(Reuters) - U.S. agribusiness Archer-Daniels-Midland said on Tuesday it would buy UK-based flavor and ingredient firm FDL, as the company looks to expand its nutrition business. ADM, one of the world'...
Dec 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Man arrested after chase Monday for attempted armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about the attempted armed robbery in South Peoria Monday that injured one person and resulted in the arrest of another. Peoria Police say it happened at the Dollar G...
Dec 19, 2023 (25 News)
