Category Archives: Local News
Peoria firefighters respond to HAZMAT incident
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to the area of W. Pioneer Parkway and N. Harker Drive Wednesday afternoon for a HAZMAT situation. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says around 3:15 p.m., ...
May 15, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
UPDATE: Two men in custody following standoff with Pekin Police
Updated 12:55 p.m. PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police conducted a criminal investigation Wednesday evening that led to a high-risk search warrant for a residence on Court Street, near Mineral Springs Park. Th...
May 15, 2025 Pekin Police were involved in a standoff with a man on Court Street across from Mineral Springs Park Wednesday evening. (25 News)
Governor's office cuts revenue projection by $500M in latest downward estimate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker's office is now projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his Februar...
May 14, 2025 Sen. Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, speaks to Capitol News Illinois about the status of state budget negotiations. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
TIF funding to keep PeoriaCorps program running through summer
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria will continue to fund a workforce development program whose funding future is uncertain. The council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to approve more than $41,000 i...
May 14, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Zoo welcomes young giraffe "Fitz"
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo is announcing a new arrival. Fitz, short for Fitniklaus, a one-year-old reticulated giraffe, was born April 2 at the Memphis Zoo. Peoria Zoo officials say Fitz brings a y...
May 14, 2025 The Peoria Zoo has a new arrival...Fitz, a one-year-old reticulated giraffe. (Photo from the Peoria Zoo)
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)
