Category Archives: Local News
Pekin appoints new city clerk
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin is promoting from within for its new City Clerk. City Council on Monday night approved the appointment of Nicole Stewart to the role in the consent agenda. Stewart was ...
Jul 15, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria woman arrested on gun charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman was arrested on gun charges following a traffic stop Friday night. Peoria Police say officers stopped the woman's vehicle around 10 p.m. in the area of W. Nebraska and N....
Jul 15, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
KB Strong Foundation and OSF HealthCare promoting Glioblastoma awareness
PEORIA, Ill. - Wednesday July 16th is Glioblastoma Awareness Day...a day dedicated to spreading awareness about the highly aggressive and fatal brain cancer. Washington Community High School Basketbal...
Jul 15, 2025 (KB-Strong Foundation)
John Hooker, first of 'ComEd Four' to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prison
Article summary Former Commonwealth Edison executive John Hooker has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in addition to a $500,000 fine - the first of the "ComEd Four" to face sentencing after their...
Jul 14, 2025 Former Commonwealth Edison executive John Hooker walks out of Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Monday, July 14, after being sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison and a $500,000 fine for his role in bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pritzker signs executive order responding to impact of tariffs on Illinois
Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order requiring state agencies to come up with plans to respond to tariffs. President Donald Trump is set to implement new tariffs after previously...
Jul 14, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker issued his third executive order this year on Monday, which requires certain state agencies to draft plans to respond to federal tariffs. (Screenshot of executive order filing with Illinois Secretary of State)
Illinois American Water issues alert over samples showing elevated lead levels in Peoria
UPDATE 4:12 P.M.; this story was updated with comment from Illinois American Water PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois American Water says a percentage of samples taken in the first half of the year in Peoria sho...
Jul 14, 2025 Illinois American Water
Rivermen head coach signs extension to continue leading hockey club
PEORIA, Ill. - The head man for the Peoria Rivermen will stay in the role for a couple more years. The team announced Monday that Head Coach Jean-Guy Trudel has signed a two-year contract extension, w...
Jul 14, 2025 (Peoria Rivermen)
Peoria City Soccer returns to USL League 2 playoffs
DES MOINES, Ia. - Peoria City Soccer will hit the road as they look to return to the United Soccer League Two national championship. The Carp will take on Minneapolis City SC in the first round of the...
Jul 14, 2025 Peoria City players lift the 2024 USL League Two Central Conference championship trophy after defeating Flint City, 1-0, on July 26th at Shea Stadium. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bartonville man dies in crash near Lake of the Ozarks
CAMDEN COUNTY, MISSOURI - A 54-year-old Bartonville man was killed over the weekend in a single-vehicle crash in Camden County, Missouri. His name has not been released. Missouri State Highway Patrol ...
Jul 14, 2025
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices almost unchanged, as national prices are mixed
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria are almost unchanged in the last week, up 0.6 cents a gallon, averaging $3.34 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices a...
Jul 14, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
