Category Archives: Local News
Sean Grayson Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder in Murder Trial
UPDATED - 3:12 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The jury has delivered its verdict in the death of Sonya Massey, finding former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murde...
Oct 29, 2025 Attorney Antonio Romanucci speaks in downtown Peoria with members of Sonya Massey's family and supporters after Sean Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder in Massey's death last year in Springfield. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man convicted for 2021 South Peoria shooting over alleged stolen money
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty in connection to the shooting death of a teenager in South Peoria four years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 24-year-old Marvin Alexand...
Oct 29, 2025 (File-Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: El Paso man arrested on federal warrant for allegedly threatening the President
UPDATED 4:42 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The US Department of Justice has charged an El Paso man with allegedly making threats against President Trump. 27-year-old Derek Lopez was arrested on Tuesday night by...
Oct 29, 2025 (El Paso Police Department)
House Dems eye taxes on entertainment, billionaires' investments to fund transit
Article Summary A key Illinois House Democrat filed a bill to raise up to $2 billion to fund public transportation in the Chicago area. The proposal would create taxes on entertainment and billionaire...
Oct 29, 2025 Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado, D-Chicago, speaks in an Illinois House committee about a public transportation reform bill on May 31, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
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
