Category Archives: Local News
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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 2019
Reversing Course, Billionaire Tom Steyer Launches Democratic Presidential Bid
(AP) - Billionaire activist Tom Steyer is joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reversing course after deciding earlier this year that he would forgo a run. Steyer made the anno...
Jul 9, 2019
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Embraces Off-The-Field Activist Role
(AP) - Setting itself apart from other great American sports teams, the U.S. women's soccer team is embracing a front-line role in social-justice causes even as it savors a fourth World Cup victory. T...
Jul 9, 2019
Winning Lucky Day Lotto Ticket Sold In East Peoria
Illinois Lottery officials say if you purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket at the Short Stop at 3322 Meadow Avenue in East Peoria Saturday, check your numbers. You may have won $150,000. A winning ticke...
Jul 9, 2019
Prosecutor Urges Death Penalty For Christensen
(AP) - A prosecutor told a federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student last month in the kidnapping and killing a Chinese scholar deserves the death penalty because th...
Jul 8, 2019
Peoria Jesus Christ Statue Vandalized
A statue of Jesus Christ, located at Serenity Memorial Park in Peoria's south side has been defaced. Jesus' hands have been broken off, and there is a hole left where the face had been. Pierre Serafin...
Jul 8, 2019 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
