Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker poised for second term as Bailey concedes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - By the time speakers came out to pray, say the Pledge of Allegiance and play the national anthem at Republican challenger Darren Bailey's election night wat...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton stand with their families on the stage of the Marriott Marquis hotel in Chicago on Election Night 2022 after the Associated Press called the Illinois governor's race for the incumbent. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
State: Six months of record low unemployment claims
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You might have your doubts, but state officials apparently don't. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state has recorded what they call a "new, unprecedented nu...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Concerns about downtown Courtyard by Marriott
PEORIA, Ill. - It's apprently been going on since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many may not have known about it until recently. 25 News reports they were told by a number of guests attendin...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 (25 News)
Big weekend for Peoria Civic Center, with more to come
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center is making quite the comeback. The Civic Center Tuesday confirmed what they projected during a period where eighteen events were being hosted in 12 days at the do...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Juvenile injured in Monday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile was injured Monday night after a shooting in South Peoria. Peoria Police say it happened just after 8:00 p.m. near Starr and Griswold, where two ShotSpotter alerts totaled ar...
Will Stevenson Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
'Jaws of Life' used in downtown crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A crash in downtown Peoria Tuesday morning sent two people to the hospital. Peoria Fire was called to the intersection of Spalding and Jefferson around 7 a.m., for a serious accident i...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation traffic camera)
CityLink offering free rides to the polls and on Veterans Day
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink and the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District on Tuesday, November 8, are offering free rides to all passengers for Election Day. "We are pleased to offer free rides to the pas...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
PPD searching for two missing persons
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police is asking for the public's help in finding two missing persons. Deven Lane was last seen on Friday, November 4 at approximately 9:30 P.M. on N. Sterling in Peoria. He's d...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Decision Day 2022: Midterm Elections
UPDATE: 10:17 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Republican U.S. House Representative Darin LaHood has claimed victory in the race for the Illinois 16th District seat even as more than 60 percent of precincts have ...
Julia Bradley Nov 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Candidates make final push to get out the vote
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker was crisscrossing the state Monday while his Republican challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, focused on the Chicago suburbs as ...
Will Stevenson Nov 07, 2022 State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, speaks at a news event in Oak Brook Monday. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)