Category Archives: Local News
Peoria approves additional funding to help the homeless, including $205K grant from United Way
PEORIA, Ill. - Nonprofit group LULA Peoria is receiving additional funding to help the city's homeless with a nearly $205,000 grant for Heart of Illinois United Way. The grant will allow LULA to keep ...
Mar 26, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley Braves end season with NIT loss to Chattanooga
PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley Braves Men's basketball season came to a close Tuesday night...with a heart-breaking loss to the Chattanooga Mocs 67-65 in NIT quarter finals. The Braves end their season 28...
Mar 26, 2025 Bradley Braves lose to Chattanooga in the NIT quarter finals Tuesday night at Carver Arena 67-65. (Photo courtesy of Yvonne Greer).
Peoria County grand jury indicts multiple teenagers on murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers charged in connection with two separate murders in Peoria were indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday. The Peoria County grand jury indicted both Dayquan Diggs and Harringt...
Mar 25, 2025 courtroom gavel
Raoul joins motion to block dismantling of U.S. Education Department
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 other state attorneys general are asking a federal judge to immediately halt President Donald Trump's efforts t...
Mar 25, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Consolidated election early voting turnout low in central Illinois
PEORIA/TAZEWELL/WOODFORD COUNTIES, Ill. - Turnout so far in early voting across central Illinois is a little lower than anticipated. As of Tuesday morning, Peoria County reported 1390 people have vote...
Mar 25, 2025 (Julia Bradley & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
After public pressure, Illinois commits $8M to repair deteriorating site where Lincoln launched political career
PETERSBURG, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Nearly a century after the Civil Conservation Corps reconstructed the once-thriving village of New Salem where Abraham Lincoln spent his 20s working odd jobs...
Mar 25, 2025 A statue of young Abraham Lincoln stands outside the gift shop and concessions building at the New Salem Historic Site in Petersburg. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Athan Yanos)
Boil order in effect for Marquette Heights
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. - The town of Marquette Heights is under a boil order until further notice. The city announced the order is in effect, due to a water main break near the water tower in Indepen...
Mar 25, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Convicted "bodyless" killer loses appeal
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man, Allen Schimmelphennig, convicted in a "bodyless homicide" case from 2021, lost a bid to appeal the conviction Monday. Schimmelphennig is currently serving an 80-year sente...
Mar 25, 2025 (25 News)
Pekin approves land deal for medical parts plant, approves final cannabis dispensary
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin City Council voted unanimously Monday night to sell 67 acres of city-owned land to Singapore-based medical equipment maker Epic. The property at the Riverway Business Park, being s...
Mar 25, 2025
Pritzker vetoes bill that would have required warehouse workers to know their quotas
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois)- Gov. JB Pritzker issued a rare veto Friday of a bill that would require warehouse workers in Illinois to know quotas they must meet at their jobs. While signing 16...
Mar 25, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a Rockford stop on his "Standing Up for Illinois” tour on Friday, March 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
