Category Archives: Local News
Consumer advocates tell regulators to slash rate hike requests from Ameren, Nicor
(Capitol News Illinois) - Natural gas customers in the Chicago suburbs and downstate Illinois are likely to see an increase in their monthly bills next year, but it's up to state regulators to decide ...
May 14, 2025 The Michael A. Bilandic Building in downtown Chicago, shown in May 2024, houses the offices of the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Mayor Stevens working toward campaign goals in first week of office in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Lilija Stevens took over as Washington's new mayor from long-time mayor Gary Manier last week. Manier held the position for over two decades. Stevens says she has appointed an inter...
May 14, 2025 (City of Washington)
Peoria City Council doesn't reconsider grocery tax
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria grocery tax is here to stay. A proposal by Councilman Zach Oyler to reconsider the tax at Tuesday night's meeting was not discussed, after no other member seconded the motion...
May 13, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man found guilty in shooting death of teenager two years ago during robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has found a man guilty of killing a teenager during an attempted robbery two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 24-year-old Tramier Pate wa...
May 13, 2025 Tramier Pate (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Illinois seeks to prevent feds from tying funding for states to immigration enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 19 other Democratic attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday against Trump administration policies desig...
May 13, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul listens to debate in the Illinois House in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Grandy jury indicts Peoria woman in death of toddler
UPDATED 4:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has been indicted in the death of her son from last week, and the alleged abuse against the boy's twin sister. A Peoria County grand jury on Tuesday ind...
May 13, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Canadian electric bus company establishes presence in Greater Peoria region
WASHINGTON D.C./PEORIA, Ill. - The Greater Peoria region will be the home to the first United States facility for a Canadian transit company. Governor J.B Pritzker on Tuesday announced an investment b...
May 13, 2025 (Karsan Damera)
Minor earthquake hits SE Illinois overnight
LERNA, Ill. - The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.3 magnitude earthquake happened late Monday night near Lerna, Illinois, about 50 miles south of Champaign. The quake was considered mild, with no dama...
May 13, 2025 gmac84 / Depositphotos.com
Suspect dies 25 years after shotgun slaying of Marine vet near Bartonville
A weekend highway crash killed a suspect in the 25-year-old unsolved murder of U.S. Marine veteran Kyle Harrell. John Conway, 58, died Saturday in a one-vehicle accident in the state of Wyoming, where...
May 13, 2025 Kyle Harrell
Vehicle fire causes $100K in damage in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called early Tuesday morning to a vehicle fire that had spread to two nearby homes in the area of W. Gilbert and Loucks. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says ...
May 13, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
