Category Archives: Local News
Jurors to decide whether ex-Madigan aide had memory lapse or chose 'loyalty over truth'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - After a nearly three-week trial that pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's world, the fate of one of Madiga...
Aug 23, 2023 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan, right, is a key figure in the perjury and obstruction of justice trial of his chief of staff for more than 25 years, Tim Mapes, left. (Capitol News Illinois file photos)
Human case of West Nile Virus in Woodford County, as state also reports first fatality this year from the virus
CHICAGO - A human case of West Nile Virus has been reported in Woodford County. That's according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, who confirmed no other details. The case is one of twelve ...
Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Two arrested on suspicion of committing vehicle burglaries
PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria residents are jailed on charges accusing them of breaking into vehicles early Wednesday morning. Peoria Police say Rayland Drain, 19, faces charges of Resisting Arrest and Ag...
Aug 23, 2023 Rayland Drain (left) and Isiah Abner (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Peoria woman dies from suffocation, ruled as a homicide; son arrested for murder
UPDATED 3:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria now has recorded fifteen homicides this year - three of them in the last week. That's after Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says he's ruled the death of a l...
Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Candidates announce runs in 2024 for 10th Circuit Judge, Tazewell County Auditor
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people running for two different public offices in the November, 2024 election are announcing their candidacies Wednesday. Samuel Goddard, who claims to own three businesses in Peki...
Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Four Peorians face federal charges accusing them of breaking into gun stores
PEORIA, Ill. - Federal prosecutors say four Peoria residents face charges after allegedly trying to stealing guns from six different stores in six different central Illinois locations. The U.S. Attorn...
Aug 23, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Illinois Department of Transportation and construction company react to Tuesday's crane fire near McClugage Bridge
UPDATED 4:06 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Transportation and the company that owns the crane that caught on fire Tuesday afternoon near the McClugage Bridge are reacting to the ...
Aug 23, 2023 (From Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
As perjury trial draws to close, ex-Madigan aide leans on memory science, wife in defense
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In more than two weeks of his obstruction of justice and perjury trial, one fact about the longtime chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ca...
Aug 23, 2023 Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff for longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Monday. He is standing trial for perjury and obstruction of justice. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Accidental shooting Saturday evening claims life of Marquette Heights teenager
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Marquette Heights teenager died after an accidental shooting Saturday evening. The Peoria County Coroner says Marquette Heights Police and EMS responded at around 9:24 P.M....
Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Peoria shooting leaves man seriously injured Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called to the area of E. Illinois and N. California Avenues Wednesday morning, on reports of a person shot. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says when officers ...
Aug 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
