Category Archives: Local News
Morton teacher among three injured after being struck by car in Chicago
CHICAGO -- Three people from Morton have been hospitalized in Chicago after being struck by a car as they were crossing the street. WBBM-TV in Chicago has reported that three pedestrians were struck b...
Feb 23, 2020 Photo Courtesy of Chicago Fire Department
Family safe after kitchen fire Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. -- A kitchen fire Saturday in Peoria caused $10,000 in damage to the home. Peoria Firefighters/Paramedics responded to the call just before noon; and the home, located at 422 E. Arcadia, ...
Feb 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Sanders scores big win in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Bernie Sanders has scored a resounding victory in Nevada's presidential caucuses. His win on Saturday cements his status as the Democrats' national front-runner, though it's also esca...
Feb 23, 2020 AP Photo/John Locher
Police look for pair passing bad checks in the area
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Police are looking for two men who are passing bad checks in Peoria and around central Illinois. The two are accused of cashing the bogus checks in Peoria, East Peoria, Morton and...
Feb 22, 2020 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Riverton officer charged with head-butting suspect
RIVERTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois police department has been charged with felony aggravated battery and official misconduct after he allegedly head-butted a drunken driving suspect earlier this...
Feb 22, 2020
Inmate dubbed the 'Starved Rock Killer' freed after 59 years
PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An 80-year-old man has been freed after spending nearly 60 years in prison following his 1961 conviction in the killing of one of three suburban Chicago women who were bludg...
Feb 21, 2020 MWC-Weger - Photo Credit - IL -DOC
Multiple companies battle Peoria Heights fire
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Companies from Peoria and metro Peoria assisted Friday with an apartment fire. A call came in just after 3:00 of a structure fire at 5533 N Galena Rd. Crews from Limestone, Chi...
Feb 21, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
US and Taliban agree to terms for peace deal
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United States and the Taliban have agreed to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home, wrapping up America's longes...
Feb 21, 2020 (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
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)
