Category Archives: Local News
Peoria adopts $300M budget with increased spending, but flat tax rate
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The Peoria City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a nearly $301 million budget for next year, with a focus on improving infrastructure and paying more for employee...
Oct 29, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PFD: Peoria home a total loss after early morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire Wednesday morning at the corner of Frye and Atlantic in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says crews arrived just after 4:15 a.m., findin...
Oct 29, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
$5.5M settlement reached in Reditus whistleblower suit
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit paying $5.5 million to the government and to a whistleblower who helped send former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi to prison for defra...
Oct 29, 2025 (25 News)
Sheridan road to receive overhaul with help of state funding
PEORIA, Ill. - One of Peoria's main roads will be getting an overhaul in the next few years. The state of Illinois has announced $10 million in funding to go towards a complete renovation of Sheridan ...
Oct 28, 2025 (Peoria County Government)
Bovino ordered to make daily court appearances after three days of tear gas in Chicago
Article Summary U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino spent a little more than an hour testifying in U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' courtroom Tuesday after she ordered him to appear...
Oct 28, 2025 U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino signals to immigration agents as he leaves the Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Oct. 28. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois joins lawsuit to force federal government not to pause SNAP benefits
Article Summary Illinois is one of 25 states suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over plans to pause benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Saturday. The USDA has said Nove...
Oct 28, 2025
Grand jury indicts four people in connection to Peoria teenager's shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted multiple individuals involved in the shooting death of a teenager earlier this month. The grand jury on Tuesday indicted three people for First D...
Oct 28, 2025 courtroom gavel
UPDATE: Deliberations back under way at Sean Grayson murder trial
UPATED 2:10 P.M. PEORIA. Ill. - The courtroom will reopen at 2:30 P.M. ---------------------------------- UPDATED 9:33 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The second day of juror deliberations in the Sean Grayson mur...
Oct 28, 2025 Protesters outside the Peoria County Courthouse on Tuesday. A verdict in the Sean Grayson murder trial is expected on Wednesday. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Fritz Moser)
Peoria's Friendship House sees a growing need for food assistance as SNAP benefits are set to end
PEORIA, Ill. - Many area families are worried about getting enough fresh food without SNAP benefits during the government shutdown. And, Peoria's Friendship House is trying to fill the gap. The organi...
Oct 28, 2025 (25 News)
PPD: Man arrested on aggravated arson and other charges following fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been charged with aggravated arson and criminal damage to property, among other charges, after allegedly setting a home on fire. Peoria Police initially were called to ...
Oct 28, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
