Category Archives: Top Stories
South Peoria home damaged by basement fire Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a South Peoria house fire late Friday night is under investigation. Peoria Fire says crews were dispatched just after 11:15 P.M. to the area of Proctor and Griswold, findin...
Mar 28, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Lawmakers seek measure to make small-scale plug-in solar panels available to renters
Article Summary A bill to allow for small, plug-in solar panel systems is moving through the Senate, which would open access to solar power for renters and others who can't install rooftop solar panel...
Mar 28, 2026 Kavi Chintham of Voter Solar gestures at a 391-watt plug-in solar panel and battery at a Thursday news conference about a bill to expand access to plug-in solar panel systems. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Nikoel Hytrek)
Peoria man arrested after drug bust at his North Valley home
PEORIA, Ill. - Prosecutors have charged a man with multiple felony drug offenses after a drug bust at his Peoria home. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says charges against 43-year-old Edwa...
Mar 28, 2026 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Pair accused in East Peoria home invasion and sexual assault must remain in jail
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - The two men accused in a home invasion and sexual assault in East Peoria that ended up in a police standoff in Peoria on Thursday must stay in jail. 25 News reports Tazewell Co...
Mar 28, 2026 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Coach Popovec-Goss leaving Bradley for Boston College
PEORIA, Ill. - Boston College has announced the hiring of Kate Popovec-Goss as its new head women's basketball coach. Popovec-Goss had just led the Bradley women's basketball program to its first 20 w...
Mar 27, 2026 Bradley Athletics
Center for Prevention of Abuse breaks ground on new Pekin location
PEKIN, Ill. - An expanded emergency shelter from the Center for Prevention of Abuse is coming to Pekin. Community leaders broke ground on the new Carol House of Hope, located on South 2nd St., Friday ...
Mar 27, 2026 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tiger Woods arrested on DUI charge after Florida rollover crash
March 27 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence on Friday after his Land Rover rolled over on a two-lane road near his Jupiter Island home in Florida, the Mart...
Mar 27, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 8, 2023 Tiger Woods of the U.S. reacts after holing his bogey putt on the 17th green during the second round REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Barn total loss after fire in Toulon
TOULON, Ill. - Several goats were rescued from a barn fire Thursday afternoon in Toulon. Toulon Fire says crews were called to the 900 block of Main just after 4:15 P.M., finding a two-story barn with...
Mar 27, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email, publish photos and documents
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the ha...
Mar 27, 2026 The website used by the Handala Hack Team, an Iran-linked hacker group which has claimed credit for the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, is shown on a screen in Washington D.C., U.S., March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Raphael Satter
Rideshare driver unionization, human composting bills among 264 to advance
Article Summary Friday marked the House's deadline to pass bills out of committee, with lawmakers sending more than 260 bills to the floor this week. Initiatives such as allowing rideshare drivers to ...
Mar 27, 2026 Rep. Yolanda Morris, D-Chicago, speaks at a committee meeting considering her rideshare unionization bill. House committees passed over 200 bills out of committee this week. Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert.
