Category Archives: Local News
Rossi pleads not guilty to federal charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Not guilty. That's the plea Aaron Rossi, 39, entered in a Peoria federal courtroom Thursday afternoon. Rossi faces three counts of Making and Subscribing a False Tax Return. The Reditus...
Apr 7, 2022 (25 News)
Roanoke-Benson teacher accused of relationship with student
EUREKA, Ill. - A Woodford County teacher is facing felony charges for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student. 25 News reports Trisha Phillippe -- a study hall teacher at Roanoke...
Apr 7, 2022 (Woodford County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
Peoria Police arrest juveniles for suspected carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - Two juveniles been arrested by Peoria Police for allegedly trying to steal a vehicle not far from Bradley University's Campustown. Peoria Police say a man was sitting in his car around ...
Apr 7, 2022 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Jaws of Life used in North Valley accident
PEORIA, Ill. - The Jaws of Life once again had to be used in a mid-afternoon accident in Peoria's North Valley Thursday afternoon. Peoria Fire says the accident happened near Wayne and Perry Streets a...
Apr 7, 2022 Midwest Communications
IL Senators react to Brown-Jackson Supreme Court vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois' top lawmakers are among those reacting to the approval Thursday by the Senate of Ketanji Brown-Jackson to be a Supreme Court Justice. "She turned out to be a pillar of str...
Apr 7, 2022 The White House
Peoria likely to see 5th straight April snow late this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- April snow has traditionally been a fairly rare occurrence in Peoria, but not in the last five years. With snow in the forecast for late Thursday and early Friday, forecasters are pred...
Apr 7, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
IL House Republicans want DCFS audit in wake of Jones death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some Republican lawmakers in Illinois want the Department of Children and Family Services to be audited, in the wake of three child abuse-related deaths since January, including ei...
Apr 7, 2022 Illinois House Republican Party
IL House Democrats introduce $45.6 billion budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House is preparing to debate a proposed $45.6 billion budget and relief plan in the final week of the spring session. The budget, crafted by House Democrats, funds pu...
Apr 7, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Media outlets want lawsuit against Rossi unsealed
PEKIN, Ill. - News media outlets throughout Central Illinois are asking a Tazewell County judge to unseal documents in a case against Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi. Rossi -- indicted last month on fede...
Apr 6, 2022 (Reditus Labs)
DCFS outlines Navin Jones investigation, Pritzker defends agency amidst criticism
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker continues to defend work he says he's done to try and improve the Department of Children and Family Services, even in the wake of a director who reportedly has...
Apr 6, 2022 Navin Jones (from Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home)
