Category Archives: Local News
Nurse Charged in Fatal Hit-N-Run Headed to Jail
A Peoria nurse will spend more than two months behind bars for leaving the scene of a fatal traffic accident. Circuit court judge Kevin Lyons imposed a 75-day jail sentence for 26 year old Amanda Boye...
Rick Hirschmann Aug 21, 2019 MWC
Coroner Releases Autopsy Results Of Two Recent Homicides
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has released the autopsy results of Peoria's most recent homicide victims. The city's 16th homicide victim, 63-year-old Theresa Simmons passed away at OSF Saint Fra...
Kristina Leahy Aug 21, 2019
Peoria To Discuss Potential Sale Of Marijuana
The legalization of marijuana in Illinois is four months away, and local officials will discuss local control. Marijuana will be legal in the state of Illinois beginning Jan. 1 2020. On Saturday Aug. ...
Kristina Leahy Aug 21, 2019 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Vistra Energy To Close Local Power Plants
Vistra Engery has announced it is closing four coal power plants in Illinois. The announcement Wednesday includes the Duck Creek Power Plant in Canton, Havana Power Plant, and two other plants in the ...
Kristina Leahy Aug 21, 2019 Vistraenergy.com
Local Agency Needs More Foster Parents
Peoria's Lutheran Social Services of Illinois needs more foster parents to help children under their care. "Every agency is in the same boat...as in there just aren't enough homes," said the agency's ...
Julia Bradley Aug 21, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Trump Administration Plans To End Limits On Child Detention
(AP) - The Department of Homeland Security is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. That's according to two DHS offici...
Julia Bradley Aug 21, 2019
Tightening Up Security At Illinois Governor's Mansion
(AP) - New security measures will be put in place next month for tours of Illinois' Governor's Mansion in Springfield. State Police acting director Brendan Kelly says individuals will have to sign up ...
Julia Bradley Aug 21, 2019 AP/Seth Perlman
Woman Stabbed Overnight In S. Peoria
A stabbing overnight leaves a woman injured on Peoria's south side. Police say the woman was stabbed in the eye in the 900 block of S. Shelley Street just before 11 p.m. Tuesday. The incident is being...
Julia Bradley Aug 21, 2019
Illinois House Speaker Responds To Complaints
(AP) - An investigation of sexual harassment in House Speaker Michael Madigan's office found that control has been too centralized and discourages complaints about mistreatment. Madigan on Tuesday rel...
Mike Sabol Aug 20, 2019
Washington Man Sentenced for Child Pornography
A Washington man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for receiving child pornography through Facebook. 31 year old Eric Ingram of Washington was sentenced Tuesday, August 20 in federal ...
Rick Hirschmann Aug 20, 2019
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