Category Archives: Local News
Mega Millions grows again with no Halloween winner
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It was all tricks and no treats for those looking to win big playing the Mega Millions game on Halloween. No one matched all six numbers drawn in Friday night's drawing, setting Tu...
Nov 01, 2025 (Mega Millions Consortium)
One person rescued from truck that crashed on I-74 early Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire needed the "Jaws of Life" to help rescue someone from their crashed vehicle early Saturday morning. The call came in just after 2:00 A.M. on eastbound Interstate 74 between ...
Nov 01, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
'They are literally targeting people.' ICE comes to southern Illinois
Article Summary A man who is undocumented was detained inside the Clinton County Courthouse in Carlyle as he arrived for a Spanish-language traffic docket. Immigration arrests in and around county cou...
Oct 31, 2025 Jose Jeronimo Guardian, 48, was detained for deportation at the Clinton County Courthouse on Monday, October 27, 2025, in Carlyle, Illinois. The men who arrested Guardian declined to identify themselves and took him out of the courthouse in handcuffs. Guardian is undocumented and was attempting to go to a Spanish-language traffic court for charges unrelated to his immigration status. (Illinois Answers Project photo by Janelle O’Dea)
Man injured after being struck by handgun in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - An investigation is underway after a man suffered a head injury reportedly from being struck multiple times by a handgun early Friday morning in South Peoria. Peoria Police says officer...
Oct 31, 2025
Man sentenced for fatal South Peoria hit-and-run crash in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been given the maximum sentence in a deadly hit-and-run in South Peoria two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 41-year-old John Timothy Jr. was senten...
Oct 31, 2025 John Timothy, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Chance for lots of cash with Halloween candy in Mega Millions drawing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Someone could get a bucket of cash instead of candy for Halloween this year. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot sits at $754 million after no one matched all six numbers in Tuesday's d...
Oct 31, 2025 (Mega Millions Consortium)
Princeville High finishes 12th in T-Mobile competition
PRINCEVILLE, Ill. (25 News) - The final results are in for Princeville High School in T-Mobile's Friday Night 5G lights competition. On Thursday, it was announced that the school finished 12th overall...
Oct 31, 2025 Princeville High School is in the running to win a $1 million prize from T-Mobile to upgrade their athletic stadium.
Lawmakers approve $1.5B transit funding package without statewide tax increases
Article Summary A new transit funding bill passed Thursday night raises $1.5 billion for public transportation agencies, mostly in the Chicago area. The proposal calls for diverting sales tax revenue ...
Oct 31, 2025 Reps. Eva-Dina Delgado and Kam Buckner watch the House of Representatives discuss their proposal to reform Chicagoland public transit. The two Chicago Democrats led a House working group tasked with overseeing negotiations. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois lawmakers approve ban on civil immigration arrests in state courthouses
Article Summary State lawmakers worked behind the scenes for weeks to craft a package to respond to the federal immigration campaign known as "Operation Midway Blitz." Civil immigration arrests would ...
Oct 31, 2025 WELCH: House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch presents his bill that aims to limit where federal officials can enforce civil immigration law in Illinois during the early hours of Friday, Oct. 31. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Lawmakers OK sweeping energy reform package that governor pledges to sign
Article Summary An energy policy package incentivizing battery storage passed the General Assembly with only Democratic support and will likely become law, as Gov. JB Pritzker pledged to sign it. The ...
Oct 31, 2025 A solar array catches the morning light outside Champaign. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
