Category Archives: Local News
Peoria City Council discusses safety concerns after nine-year-old struck by bullet at South Side apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - Safety concerns were on the mind of the Peoria City Council on Tuesday evening, in the wake of an incident where a 9-year-old boy was struck by a bullet inside his South Side residence ...
Feb 13, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria area only receives a couple inches of snow in Wednesday's storm, Snowfighters work continues
PEORIA, Ill. - Most of the Peoria area only received a couple inches of snow in Wednesday's winter storm. Estimates from the National Weather Service show most of the area received anywhere between 1-...
Feb 13, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Man charged on six counts of Residential Burglary in Peoria
UPDATED: 4:55PM PEORIA Ill. - The Springfield man arrested on Tuesday on multiple burglary charges, will remain in jail until his trial. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 34-year-old Ke...
Feb 13, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Illinois lawmakers react to Madigan corruption verdict
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers voiced a wide range of reactions Wednesday following former House Speaker Michael Madigan's conviction on multiple federal corruption charges. Republicans, who have lo...
Feb 12, 2025 Madigan speaks at an Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association brunch in Springfield in 2019. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Massey attorneys announce $10 million settlement in wrongful death case
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS - Wednesday would have been Sonya Massey's 37th birthday. Instead, it was the day her family's lawyers announced a $10 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against ...
Feb 12, 2025 Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Massey family, speaks at a rally set up to call attention to the police killing of Sonya Massey.
NWS Meteorologist says snowfall lighter than expected for Peoria area
PEORIA Ill. - It seems the snow in Wednesday's forecast is lightening up. Meteorologist Kirk Huttle, with the National Weather Service. This weekend, the Peoria area could see additional snowfall, che...
Feb 12, 2025 Photo by WMBD Radio News T.J. Carson
Madigan guilty of bribery conspiracy as jury returns partial verdict
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, has joined the list of Illinois political figu...
Feb 12, 2025 Michael Madigan and Mike McClain are pictured exiting the Dirksen Federal Courthouse the week of Jan. 27. A jury on Wednesday found Madigan guilty on 10 of 23 public corruption counts and not guilty on seven other counts. The jury deadlocked on six counts, all of which pertained to McClain. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pritzker emerging as one of Trump's most vocal Democratic critics
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker made a "special announcement" on Friday: Illinois is renaming Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois" and annexing Green Bay, Wisconsin, "to protect itself against" th...
Feb 12, 2025 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. Pritzker was considered as former Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate but wasn’t selected. The speech allowed Pritzker to introduce himself to a national audience. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man charged in connection to January shooting in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - The man who allegedly shot an individual in the leg last month, at the Lexington Hills Apartment Complex, will remain in jail until his trial. According to the Peoria County State's Atto...
Feb 12, 2025
Peoria council approves boost to officers' pay
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have a new union contract with raises the city manager says will compete with salaries offered in comparable cities, and to increase pay for new officers. City Council vot...
Feb 12, 2025 MWC-PPD
