Category Archives: Local News
Former East Peoria school transportation director arrested on felony sex charges
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria man who was the transportation director for the high school there is facing felony sex charges. Our news partner 25 News reports Shawn Dasgupta, 40, was arrested Dec...
Jan 11, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News
Peoria Police arrest juvenile for Woodford County vehicle burglaries
UPDATED 12:42 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they've arrested a juvenile who may be responsible for some recent vehicle burglaries in Woodford County. Police say a Special Response Team went to...
Jan 11, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Kasper: The Omicron variant will eventually break
PEORIA, Ill. -- With a record number of new COVID cases reported in the U.S. on Monday, hospitalizations and outcomes are very high, with a majority of cases attributed to the highly transmissible Omi...
Jan 11, 2022 Midwest Communications
Chicago schools to reopen after teachers agree to end COVID-19 walkout
(Reuters) -Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest U.S. education district, will resume in-person classes on Wednesday after a union backed ending a walkout over COVID-19 fears in an agreement it sa...
Jan 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Darwin Elementary after Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third-largest school district, said it would cancel classes since the teachers' union voted in favor of a return to remote learning, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
PPS approves expanded COVID-19 testing
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Schools entered into an agreement Monday night for SHIELD Illinois to provide additional COVID-19 PCR testing. The school board unanimously approved the agreement at no c...
Jan 11, 2022 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested, was wanted since December police incident
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man they've been looking for over the past month is no longer wanted. Police say DeAngelo Coleman, 22, is "in police custody in another jurisdiction," according to a...
Jan 10, 2022 (Peoria Police Department)
Peoria man gets lengthy federal prison sentence for meth plea
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend more than 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2021 to Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Dustin Tes...
Jan 10, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail (2017 Photo)
Bradley will start spring semester with move-in on Sunday, in-person, despite COVID-19
PEORIA, Ill. - They said it was likely that the start of their spring semester would be in-person, and now Bradley University says that is still what will happen. Bradley Monday laid out details for t...
Jan 10, 2022 Bradley University
Area hospital closes its doors, at least temporarily
GALESBURG, Ill. - An area hospital has closed it doors for now, weeks after getting notice that it would no longer be receiving federal Medicare funding. Signs posted on the outside of Galesburg Cotta...
Jan 10, 2022 Courtesy Rick Heath
New bill in Springfield would pay residents for camera footage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Your home security could soon earn you some money. New legislation coming out of Springfield would increase the use of personal video footage to solve crimes. The idea came from a...
Jan 10, 2022 Linda Traynor
