Category Archives: Local News
2025 Illinois banned personalized license plate combinations released
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says some people got a little too creative this year with custom license plates. In a video posted on Monday, Secretary of State Alexi...
Dec 22, 2025 (Illinois Secretary of State via Facebook)
State grants allow small Illinois farmers to develop local food-sharing networks
Article Summary Past recipients of Illinois' Local Food Infrastructure Grant say the investment has had ripple effects, allowing them to share knowledge and equipment with other local food producers. ...
Dec 22, 2025 Sola Gratia farm manager John Williams pulls leaves from a cabbage while standing in the farm’s last rows of outdoor leafy greens for the season. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
PFD: Arson to blame for fire Sunday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be to blame for a fire late Sunday night in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston said crews were called to a home on W. Columbia Terrace, between N. Bourland and M...
Dec 22, 2025 Midwest Communications
Finalists for PPS superintendent job will participate in town hall meetings
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools' Board of Education has chosen two finalists for the superintendent's job. Those finalists will meet with the public at two town hall meetings in January. PPS says...
Dec 22, 2025 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping ahead of the Christmas holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 7.7 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $2.85 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Peoria's prices are 30.7 cents lower than last month and 29.2 ce...
Dec 22, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Peoria jury finds woman not guilty in murder retrial
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A woman who claimed self-defense in the stabbing death of another woman seven years ago is now going free after a retrial in Peoria County. 25 News reports that a jury on Frid...
Dec 20, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Arson to blame for fire in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire Friday afternoon that caused $75,000 damage to a vacant home in Peoria's East Bluff. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin said crews responded to the...
Dec 20, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Peoria Firefighters Local 50)
Woman charged in friend's shooting death claims it was 'horrific accident'
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News)- The attorney for a young woman charged with shooting her friend to death near Peoria's Riverfront is asking that his client be released from jail before trial, claiming the tee...
Dec 19, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Four juveniles arrested after stolen vehicle abandoned on Peoria's South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - Four teenagers are facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing a vehicle Thursday evening and fleeing from police on foot. On December 18, 2025, at approximately 6:10 p.m., Peoria ...
Dec 19, 2025
As state regulators warn of impending energy shortfalls, capacity prices rise again
Article Summary A new report by state regulators projects energy shortfalls will begin in northern Illinois by 2029 and the rest of the state by 2031 if lawmakers and grid operators don't act. The sho...
Dec 19, 2025 Power lines carry electricity over fields near Glasford. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
