Category Archives: Local News
ISU president resigns after less than two years
NORMAL, Ill. - She wasn't there long, but the president of Illiois State University is resigning. It's not clear why it happened, but Doctor Terri Goss Kinzy's resignation was effective Tuesday, thoug...
Feb 16, 2023 (Illinois State University)
Peoria-area Republicans say there's not enough money for new programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Peoria-area Republican legislatures believe there's not enough money to fund new proposed spending from Governor J.B. Pritzker. In his State of the State and Budget address yesterd...
Feb 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tuesday Morning to close Peoria location amid bankruptcy
PEORIA, Ill. - Another national retailer with a Peoria presence is closing its local store. The Peoria Tuesday Morning store is confirmed to be one of 264 nationwide closing, after the home goods reta...
Feb 16, 2023 (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman pleads guilty to fatal East Peoria DUI crash
PEKIN, Ill. - A former Bradley University student has pleaded guilty to a number of charges in connection with a fatal crash she caused last year. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Stepha...
Feb 16, 2023 (Tazewell County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
After Pritzker's budget address, lawmakers jockey for their own spending priorities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Even factoring in the possibility of a "mild recession" this year, the proposed budget Gov. JB Pritzker laid out on Wednesday includes nearly $50 billion in...
Feb 16, 2023 State Rep. Will Davis, D-Homewood, speaks at a news conference with fellow members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Wednesday in response to Gov. JB Pritzker's state budget address. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)
Father of accused July 4th gunman to be arraigned in Chicago suburb
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois father will appear in court on Thursday to be arraigned on charges that he helped his underage son obtain the gun used to kill seven people at a Fourth of July parade n...
Feb 16, 2023 Robert E. Crimo III listens to Judge Victoria A. Rossetti during a hearing in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS
Pritzker's second-term agenda buoyed by ongoing strong revenue expectations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker proposed a state budget Wednesday that anticipates continued strong revenue receipts even as federal COVID-19 stimulus funds dry up, allowi...
Feb 15, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his state budget address Wednesday from the Illinois House chamber in Springfield. (Pool photo by Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune)
UPDATE: Final report released in police-involved shooting of Samuel Vincent Richmond
UPDATED 7:34 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The fatal shooting of Samuel Vincent Richmond by police in October last year was justified. That's according to the final report of the investigation released Wednesda...
Feb 15, 2023 (From Peoria Police bodycam video)
Rivermen get new opponents after Bobcats cease operations
PEORIA, Ill. - The loss of hockey in Danville means changes to the Peoria Rivermen's schedule. The Rivermen on Wednesday announced the changes after the Vermilion County Bobcats announced they were ce...
Feb 15, 2023
Cyr: A deal in the works to keep Rivermen at the Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Denis Cyr led the Peoria Rivermen to the city's first professional hockey championship in 1984-85. Now the Peoria City Council member is leading the Rivermen, the Peoria Civic Center a...
Feb 15, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)
