Category Archives: Local News
Peoria International Airport operating as normal dispute partial government shutdown
PEORIA, Ill. - Despite a partial government shutdown that is affecting the TSA, it's business as usual at Peoria International Airport. That's according to Director of Airports Gene Olson. He tells WM...
Mar 19, 2026 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Vancil preparing for general election after primary victory Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - The projected Republican nominee in Illinois' 17th Congressional District says he was pretty confident of victory Tuesday night. Dillan Vancil of Gladstone defeated Julie Bickelhaupt in...
Mar 19, 2026 (Dillan Vancil for Congress Facebook)
Proposed bill would require Illinois high schools to offer voter registration
Article Summary A proposed bill that would require every Illinois high school to provide students with a chance to register to vote by the time they graduate passed a House committee unanimously this ...
Mar 19, 2026
Dog rescued from house fire in Dunlap
DUNLAP, Ill. - One lucky dog in Dunlap helped alert authorities to a house fire Wednesday night. Dunlap Fire says a Peoria County Sheriff's deputy was patrolling near 4th and Ash just before 8:45 P.M....
Mar 19, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Heights trustees officially rescind grocery tax
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - The Peoria Heights Board unanimously rescinded a local grocery tax on Wednesday. The move followed Tuesday's primary election, where 72.6-percent of Peoria Heights voters were a...
Mar 19, 2026 (Ed Hammond/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bailey says campaign will focus on Chicago area after rough primary night in suburbs
Article Summary Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey said his campaign will focus heavily on the Chicago area. Bailey heavily lost suburban counties in Tuesday's primary that he won four yea...
Mar 18, 2026 Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey speaks to reporters following a Republican Party breakfast in Naperville on March 18, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
Man injured after early Wednesday morning South Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was listed in stable condition after reportedly being shot early Wednesday morning in South Peoria. Peoria Police officers responded after 22 shots were fired in the area of Steub...
Mar 18, 2026
Metro Centre business shut down after truck crashes into building
PEORIA, Ill. - A business in Peoria's Metro Centre is shut down for the day after a truck crashed into its building on Wednesday. Peoria Fire says crews were dispatched to the Penn Station Subs just a...
Mar 18, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Turnout low for Tuesday's primary election across central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Not too many people in central Illinois turned up at the polls on Tuesday. After the primary elections, Peoria County reported turnout at 18.3%. Tazewell County reported a turnout of 18...
Mar 18, 2026 A sign indicates one of the polling locations in Morton, at Community United Church of Christ, on Election Day 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Political will grows for data center regulations as POWER Act remains in committee
Article Summary The newly introduced POWER Act seeks to regulate new data centers built in Illinois and address concerns about their effects on energy prices, water and the environment. Some Illinois ...
Mar 18, 2026 While the AI race sparked heightened interest in data centers, most of the centers in the state are multi-tenant retail centers — shared by numerous organizations and highly connected with telecommunications, cloud computing and other providers. The Digital Realty center on Chicago’s South loop is an example. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Gabriel Castilho)
