Category Archives: Local News
Illinois lawmakers approve state-specific vaccine guidelines, punt on gambling bill
Article Summary Illinois lawmakers passed 24 bills during the two-week fall veto session. House Bill 767 would allow IDPH Director Sameer Vohra to issue state-specific guidelines while granting more a...
Nov 05, 2025 The Illinois Capitol dome is pictured through fall foliage in Springfield on the final day of the legislature’s 2025 veto session. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
ISP: No injuries in a pair of crashes on the Murray Baker Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police were called to the Murray Baker Bridge for a pair of accidents Wednesday morning. Troopers arrived on the Peoria side of the bridge around 7:45 a.m. One of the cra...
Nov 05, 2025 (Illinois State Police)
Grand jury indicts Peoria man accused of shooting girlfriend
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been indicted on multiple charges for alleged abuse against his girlfriend. A Peoria County grand jury on Tuesday indicted 35-year-old Calvin Freeman in two separate in...
Nov 04, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office-Peoria County Jail)
Illinois bill 'decouples' state, federal taxes, raising revenue and angering businesses
Article Summary Illinois lawmakers approved a bill last week to "decouple" some state taxes on businesses from the federal government. The changes allow Illinois to collect more taxes from corporation...
Nov 04, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions in his Capitol office on Thursday, Oct. 30. (CNI photo by Andrew Adams)
Teenagers accused in South Peoria shooting death of man on bicycle indicted
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers have been indicted for murder by a Peoria County grand jury in the shooting death of a man riding a bicycle in South Peoria last month. On Tuesday, 16-year-old Orlando H...
Nov 04, 2025 courtroom gavel
Washington woman ordered to remain in jail in alleged child sexual assault case
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County prosecutors claim the parents of a baby born earlier this year are a Washington woman and the minor she allegedly had sex with. 25 News reports DNA testing presented in a...
Nov 04, 2025 Tazewell County Courthouse (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois treasurer faces no GOP challenger as 2026 primary ballots take shape
Article Summary More than 630 candidates submitted petitions to run for state, federal and judicial office - including dozens seeking to take advantage of a generational turnover in the state's congre...
Nov 04, 2025 Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs speaks at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield in August. No Republican filed to run against him in 2026 by the initial Nov. 4 filing deadline. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Hopewell man dies after one-vehicle crash in Marshall County
HOPEWELL, Ill. - A Hopewell man has died after a one-vehicle crash in Marshall County Tuesday afternoon. The Marshall County Sheriff's Office says 94-year-old Orville Schneider was pronounced dead at ...
Nov 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Central Illinois Congressmen receive primary challenges, state legislators do not
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Both of central Illinois' Congressmen will have primary challengers in March. The deadline to file nominating petitions to run in next year's March elections was Monday at 5:00 P.M...
Nov 04, 2025 A sign indicates one of the polling locations in Morton, at Community United Church of Christ, on Election Day 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
ISP vehicle damaged after sideswiped in Peoria County
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - An Illinois State Police squad car was struck in Peoria County on Monday night. ISP says the car was sideswiped by a black Ford Escape just before 7:30 P.M. on US Route 24 near Men...
Nov 04, 2025 (Illinois State Police)
