Category Archives: Local News
May Was Another Record Month At PIA
Airport Director Gene Olson says the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport has had its best May ever, with nearly 62,000 passengers traveling through its doors. That's up 2.6-percent f...
Jul 10, 2019 MWC
Slain Scholar's Mother Testifies
(AP) - The mother of a Chinese scholar who was kidnapped and killed by a former University of Illinois doctoral student has told a jury about the loss she feels. Lifeng Ye's video testimony was played...
Jul 10, 2019
Builders Warehouse Moving Locations
A local home improvement store will have a new location by the end of this year. Builders Warehouse will leave 812 Washington St. in Peoria, and move seven blocks down the road. President of Builders ...
Jul 09, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Slain Chinese Scholar's Boyfriend Testifies
(AP) - The boyfriend of a Chinese student who was kidnapped and killed by a former University of Illinois doctoral student is telling a federal jury about the devastation of the woman's family. Xiaoli...
Jul 09, 2019
State Of Illinois Cancels Confederate Railroad Appearance
(AP) - Illinois has canceled a state fair appearance by the Southern rock group Confederate Railroad because of its use of the Confederate flag. A spokeswoman for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Emily Bittner, sa...
Jul 09, 2019 AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
Understanding Illinois' Recreational Cannabis Law
On January 1, 2020, recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois. Attorney Rodney Nordstrom was instrumental in getting a medical marijuana dispensary location in Peoria five years ago. He tells W...
Jul 09, 2019
Court Rules Trump Can't Ban Critics From His Twitter Account
(AP) - A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump can't ban critics from his Twitter account. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel agreed with...
Jul 09, 2019 Midwest Communications
Texas Billionaire H. Ross Perot Dies At 89
(AP) - H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. Family spokesman James Fuller says Perot died early Tuesday. He was 89. Perot rose from Depressio...
Jul 09, 2019
Peoria Police Chief On This Summer's Violence
It seems like this summer has been a string of shootings and stabbings, but it's not too far off from last year's numbers. Peoria Police Chief Loren Marion III tells WMBD's Greg and Dan that the city ...
Jul 09, 2019
Slain Scholar's Father To Testify In Death Penalty Hearing
(AP) - Jurors who will decide whether a former University of Illinois doctoral student should be executed for the kidnapping and brutal slaying of a Chinese scholar are hearing about what the victim m...
Jul 09, 2019
