Category Archives: Local News
Man found guilty in June 2022 shooting death in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty for a shooting death in Central Peoria two years ago. A jury convicted Rev Blakes Thursday of First Degree Murder in the death of 32-year-old Michael Davis J...
TJ Carson Apr 04, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
In Chicago visit, Attorney General Garland announces $78M anti-violence initiative
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In a visit to Chicago on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced $78 million in federal grant funding for community-based anti-violence programs. G...
TJ Carson Apr 04, 2024 Garland: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland addresses the second annual Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative conference. Garland highlighted federal investments in community-based organizations focused on stemming gun violence. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
UPDATED: Arrested man escapes police near Bradley, then recaptured
UPDATED 3:52 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police had to track down a man who escaped from one of its transport vans Wednesday night. Police say 32-year-old Daniel Moody was being transported to the Peor...
Julia Bradley Apr 04, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rivian rolls 100,000th vehicle off the line in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. -- Rivian Automotive has rolled its 100,000th vehicle off the production line in Normal, Illinois. The news comes just days after the electric vehicle maker announced nearly 14,000 EVs we...
Julia Bradley Apr 04, 2024 The 100,000th vehicle has rolled off he line at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois.
(Rivian Automotive Facebook)
Lawmakers question Pritzker's plan for new early childhood agency
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker's plan to consolidate the state's early childhood programs into one new cabinet-level agency ran into tough questions this week during a Ho...
TJ Carson Apr 03, 2024 WHALEN: Ann Whalen, the early childhood transition director for Gov. JB Pritzker, testifies before a House budget committee about a plan to create a new state Department of Early Childhood. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Peoria Chiefs starts 2024 season this weekend on road, home opener on Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The boys of summer will soon take the field at Dozer Park in downtown Peoria. The 2024 season for the Peoria Chiefs, the High-A minor league baseball affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinal...
TJ Carson Apr 03, 2024 Members of the Peoria Chiefs warmup before a workout at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigating man shot early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating after a man was shot early Wednesday morning. Officers responded at around 3:30 A.M. to a call regarding a person shot and taken to a local hospital via ...
TJ Carson Apr 03, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Center for Prevention of Abuse helping to raise awareness about child abuse and prevention all month
PEORIA, Ill. - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. And, preventing that abuse, whether sexual or otherwise, is part of the mission of Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse. "January through the e...
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2024 The Center for Prevention of Abuse has an ad wrapped around a CityLink bus about human trafficking. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal civil rights lawsuit against Peoria and Peoria County by heirs of Cleve Heidelberg dismissed
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal court has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Peoria and Peoria County, along with numerous former police officers and prosecutors, relating to the conviction...
TJ Carson Apr 03, 2024 courtroom gavel
East Peoria approves $122 million budget
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a $122 million budget for fiscal year 2025. Some of the largest appropriated expenses in that budget are for t...
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2024 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)