Category Archives: Local News
Central Illinois school districts learn payout amounts from evidence-based funding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - School districts across central Illinois are receiving a portion of more than $300 million issued by the state in its evidence-based funding formula for fiscal year 26. The formula...
Aug 08, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Update: Mississippi River reopens north of St. Louis after fatal helicopter crash
Updated at 9:11 a.m. CHICAGO (Reuters) -The Mississippi River has reopened to vessel traffic north of St. Louis after closing because a helicopter crashed into a barge on Thursday, killing two people,...
Aug 08, 2025 Smoke rises after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River in Alton, Illinois, U.S. August 7, 2025 in this screen grab from video. Adam Briggs/TMX/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. Verification: -River shore, dam and locks matched file and satellite imagery -Date confirmed by local authoritiesxxx in this picture obtained from social media.
Peoria apartment fire causes extensive damage Thursday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - An apartment fire in Peoria Thursday afternoon reportedly caused $60,000 damage. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says crews were sent to an apartment complex on W. Woodhill Lane aroun...
Aug 08, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested in Princeton in connection with a Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have made an arrest for a shooting that left a man with serious injuries Thursday afternoon. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says a gunshot was heard around 4:10 p.m. inside ...
Aug 08, 2025 Peoria Police Department
Peoria Police Chief discusses timing of information released for East Bluff officer-involved shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Police chief has clarified timing regarding the release of information relating to Tuesday's officer-involved shooting. The incident in Peoria's East Bluff killed 41-year-old B...
Aug 07, 2025 Courtesy of Peoria Police Department's Facebook Page
Pritzker: FBI can't arrest Texas lawmakers sheltering in Illinois
Article summary: Dozens of Democratic lawmakers from Texas are staying in Illinois to prevent the Texas Legislature from adopting a Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan for political pur...
Aug 07, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters outside the Illinois State Fairgrounds after cutting a ribbon to officially open the fair on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Mandrill monkey born at Peoria Zoo
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new resident of the Peoria Zoo. The Zoo announced on Thursday the birth of a new infant mandrill monkey. The baby was born on July 30th to mother Kofola and father Linus. It's...
Aug 07, 2025 (Peoria Zoo/Peoria Park District)
Peoria Art Guild leader steps down from role
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria Art Guild has stepped away from the position. Executive Director Shannon Cox announced in a Facebook post that she left the role on July 18th after running the or...
Aug 07, 2025 (Peoria Art Guild)
Tentative deal reached between district and teachers in Marshall County school district
LACON, Ill. - A tentative agreement has been reached between a Marshall County school district and its teachers union. The Midland Education Association says it and District Seven met with a federal m...
Aug 07, 2025 (Midland CUSD 7)
Lawsuits filed after Teamsters allege chemical attack against picketers
PEORIA, Ill. - The Teamsters have filed lawsuits in Peoria and New Jersey against a supplier of gas products for alleged treatment of striking workers. In a statement, the labor union alleges that Air...
Aug 07, 2025 courtroom gavel
