Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Lawmakers set to consider nuclear energy on final day of veto session
UPDATED 11:58 A.M. Since this story was first filed, the Illinois House Thursday morning passed the nuclear power construction legislation. More details to come. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illino...
Nov 9, 2023 Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, looks at Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, as he speaks in support of a bill that would partially lift the state’s 1980s-era moratorium on nuclear construction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
National Weather Service offering advice on preparing for the cold months ahead with Winter Weather Preparedness Week
LINCOLN, Ill. - While the weather may not feel like it in central Illinois this week, the National Weather Service wants people to start thinking about the upcoming cold, winter months. It's part of W...
Nov 9, 2023 Derek Hatfield / CC
UPDATE: Juvenile hit when shots were fired near Manual High. Here's what we know
UPDATE: 10:42 a.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- One of three juveniles shot at on their way to school Thursday morning near Manual High School was apparently hit in the leg. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says th...
Nov 9, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fire destroys Peoria home Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire near the corner of N. Missouri and Ravine Wednesday night in Peoria. Crews were called to the scene around 5:50 p.m., finding flames coming from ...
Nov 9, 2023 D4E / CC
Helping children staying at the hospital through education
PEORIA, Ill. - It can be difficult enough to see your child undergo a hospital stay, especially with a major medical issue. But OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois has been trying to make it easier, b...
Nov 8, 2023 Ellie Schwab, 9, shows off a miniature human heart she helped make during a "National STEAM Day" activity at OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rolling Acres Middle School placed on brief lockdown after shots fired in area
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating shots fired from Wednesday afternoon that placed Rolling Acres Middle School on a brief lockdown. A PPD spokeswoman says officers responded to the area o...
Nov 8, 2023 Midwest Communications
Peoria Heights hires new chief for fire department. Here's what we know
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria Heights has chosen a new leader for its fire department. 25 News reports Dan Decker will take over the role after the resignation of the previous full-time chie...
Nov 8, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Victim of fatal motorcycle crash Tuesday in East Peoria identified
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Tazewell County authorities have identified the victim from a fatal motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon in East Peoria. Coroner Charles Hanley says 40-year-old Bobbie Neltner of Was...
Nov 8, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Inside Illinois' youth lockups, children go without basic services and face "excessive" punishments
(Capitol News Illinois) - In late December, a teenage boy with a broken arm was left to suffer alone in his cell at a youth lockup in rural southern Illinois. Staff were aware he'd been seriously inju...
Nov 8, 2023 A 2022 state audit identified the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center in Benton, Illinois, as a “facility in crisis.” (Julia Rendleman for ProPublica)
State police still drafting assault weapons registration rules as deadline nears
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Officials at the Illinois State Police said Tuesday they are working to finalize rules for registering assault weapons and other items that are now tightly ...
Nov 8, 2023 Illinois State Police Capt. Jeffrey Yenchko, left, and special counsel Suzanne Bond answer questions before the legislative Joint Committee on Administrative Rules about rules being developed to govern the registration of assault weapons. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
