Category Archives: Local News
Sorensen reflects on Durbin's legacy, hopes to keep LaHood in the House
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria-area's Democratic Congressman says Dick Durbin has been an "incredible leader in our state." 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) reflected on Durbin's career i...
Apr 25, 2025 Congressman Eric Sorensen speaks at the Illinois Farmers Union Annual Meeting in East Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'I've done this my way': Durbin reflects on decision to retire
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Standing on his backyard deck Thursday - the same place where he declared his 1996 candidacy for U.S. Senate - Illinois' senior Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on his ...
Apr 25, 2025 Sen. Dick Durbin announces he will not run for another term in the Senate at a news conference at his home in Springfield alongside his wife, Loretta Durbin. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Peoria home invasion that injured two people under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for who was responsible for a home invasion early Friday morning that injured two people. Officers responded just before 3:30 A.M. to the area of Woodview and ...
Apr 25, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Fire damages apartment above Peoria bakery
PEORIA, Ill. - No one was injured after an apartment fire Friday morning in Peoria above a commercial building. Peoria Fire says crews were called to the fire above the Panaderia Ortiz Bakery and Pizz...
Apr 25, 2025 (25 News)
Peoria Civic Center shattered financial and attendance records in March
PEORIA, Ill. - March was a banner month for the Peoria Civic Center. The Civic Center's General Manager Rik Edgar tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", March was the best financial month in the venue's 43-year...
Apr 25, 2025 (Dalton Kemper/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in federal bribery case of Sen. Emil Jones III
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether...
Apr 25, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on April 15, 2025. After hearing two weeks of evidence and testimony in his corruption trial and deliberating for nearly 23 hours, a jury on Thursday deadlocked on charges that Jones agreed to accept bribes and lied to the FBI about it. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Victims of South Pekin double homicide identified
SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - Two 21-year-old men have been identified as the victims in a fatal shooting in South Pekin early Thursday morning. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the victims are Chase...
Apr 24, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Sorensen visits Midwest Food Bank in Peoria to discuss food insecurity
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria-area Congressman is raising concerns over food insecurity with a visit to a food bank. 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) visited the Midwest Food Bank in Peori...
Apr 24, 2025 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) (left) and Midwest Food Bank CEO Eric Hodel (right) chat during a tour of the organization's Peoria facility. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Date set for murder trial of former Sangamon County deputy to take place in Peoria County
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A date has been set for the murder trial of a former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, set to take place in Peoria County. At a hearing Wednesday, the trial of Sean Grayson was sch...
Apr 24, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Shooter in 2022 Chicago-area parade massacre sentenced to life in prison
Chicago (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Thursday sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb that ki...
Apr 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Robert E. Crimo III. arrives for his trial in Judge Victoria A. Rossetti’s courtroom in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., March 3, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
