Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker notches unsurprising win in Democratic gubernatorial primary
PEORIA, Ill. -- Incumbent Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker was declared the winner of the Democratic gubernatorial primary race roughly one hour after vote counting began across the state. It is an uns...
Jun 28, 2022 REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
USDA: IL corn and soybeans doing well, winter wheat being harvested
SPRINGFIELD, Ill - While we're waiting on corn and soybeans to grow in Illinois, believe it or not, there's some harvesting going on. The USDA weekly Crop Progress Report for Illinois shows a big jump...
Jun 28, 2022 Alabama Extension
Official: Statewide voter turnout hard to predict
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - One state election official says it might be hard to say what turnout will be overall for today's primary election. For one, Illinois State Board of Elections spokesperson Matt Die...
Jun 28, 2022 (Illinois State Board of Elections via Facebook)
Dunlap Library changes policy regarding registered sex offenders
DUNLAP, Ill. - The Dunlap Public Library Board is green-lighting changes to library policy regarding registered sex offenders. This, after a patron's privileges were suspended for 60 days when that pe...
Jun 28, 2022 (Dunlap Public Library)
Voters to test new paper ballot system in Primary Elections
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's primary election day in the Heart of Illinois with a wide range of political races and issues on local ballots. Voters are also encountering a newer paper ballot voting system. Ma...
Jun 28, 2022 Midwest Communications
Driver hospitalized after single-vehicle crash overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters were called to a single-vehicle accident just after 12 a.m. Tuesday in the area of W. Republic and Knoxville Avenue. Battalion Chief Lore Baxter said a two-door cou...
Jun 28, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Update: Three dead in Amtrak train crash and derailment in Missouri
(Reuters) -An Amtrak train carrying more than 200 passengers derailed in northern Missouri on Monday after hitting a dump truck at an uncontrolled crossing, killing two aboard and a person in the truc...
Jun 27, 2022 Christine Warner / CC
Still time to register to vote for Tuesday's Primary Election
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As if the onslaught of mailers and TV and radio commercials weren't enough indication for you, Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Illinois. There are contested races where both Dem...
Jun 27, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
OSHA cites contractors working for Caterpillar for 2021 Mapleton death
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal agency has cited third-party contractors working at Caterpillar's Mapleton Foundry for a death that happened last December. OSHA is proposing $87,016 in fines against Illinois...
Jun 27, 2022 (Caterpillar)
Synchronized Figure Skating national championship comes to Peoria in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A big competition will return to Peoria next year. U.S. Figure Skating says the 2023 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships will play in Peoria next March 1 through 4 at the Peoria Civ...
Jun 27, 2022 Tom Thiel / CC
