Category Archives: Local News
CityLink receives funds for electric bus
PEORIA, Ill. -- CityLink in Peoria has received $1.23 million from the Edwards Settlement Fund Distribution. The settlement was the result of a 2013 lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club, Natural Resources...
Feb 21, 2020 Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD
Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new warning about Russian interference in the 2020 election is raising questions about whether the U.S. is doing enough to prevent the kind of meddling the country saw in the 2016 ...
Feb 21, 2020 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Peoria crews battle garage fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters responded to a call just after 7 p.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of W. Martin. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Nate Rice said a two stall garage was on fire. "It was pr...
Feb 21, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Ex-Gov. Blagojevich on the job hunt
CHICAGO (AP) - An ex-governor and ex-con, with strong speaking skills and good hair is seeking employment. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in the hunt for a post-prison career. His options cou...
Feb 21, 2020 Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich acknowledges Chicago Cubs' fan Ronnie Woo Woo after a news conference outside his home Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Chicago. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump commuted Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence for political corruption. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Peoria and East Peoria Gordmans closing
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two local Gordmans stores are closing. A spokesperson for Gordmans says the Peoria location at the Shoppes at Grand Prairie and the East Peoria location in the Levee District are going...
Feb 21, 2020
One person injured in a shooting in central Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 8 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of N. Lynn. Five shots were fired. Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a short time later,...
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Scottish Rite under renovations; Blickenstaff purchases Peoria mansion
PEORIA, Ill. -- The historic Scottish Rite Cathedral is undergoing renovations to become a home to the performing arts. Jenny Parkhurst, the Executive Director of the Performing Arts for the KDB Group...
Feb 20, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off hi...
Feb 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
LaHood discusses the growing federal deficit
PEORIA, Ill. -- The U.S. federal deficit continues to grow. But, it's something that President Donald Trump didn't talk about during his recent State of the Union address. Illinois 18th District Congr...
Feb 20, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley
Peorian sentenced to 25 years for mother's death
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Jeremy Simmons, of Peoria, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for killing his mother, 63-year-old Theresa Ann Simmons in August 2019. Peoria Police were called to the...
Feb 20, 2020 Peoria County Jail
