Category Archives: Local News
City officials concerned with number of recent arson fires
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria officials are expressing at least some concern about what may seem to be a growing number of a specific type of fires in the city. In the last month, at least six fires in differ...
Will Stevenson Mar 17, 2023 Midwest Communications
Crowds fill downtown Peoria for annual St. Patrick's Day Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - Irish spirits were high at Peoria's St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday. Parade-goers braved wind chills in the teens to pack the streets of downtown Peoria to celebrate the holiday. Par...
TJ Carson Mar 17, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman arrested on weapons charge after traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman faces felony charges after a gun was allegedly found inside her vehicle. Police say Adria Williams, 27, was taken to jail on a warrant, along with traffic violations and ...
Will Stevenson Mar 17, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
IL House passes bill banning cat declawing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House has approved of a bill that would ban cat declawing in the State of Illinois. Declawing would be outlawed, except for certain medical reasons. The bill's sponsor...
Will Stevenson Mar 17, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Wiretaps show Madigan, through McClain, forced ally out of legislature to protect himself
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In fall 2018, longtime former State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, received a phone call from Mike McClain, who had spent decades lobbying for electric utility Common...
Will Stevenson Mar 17, 2023 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain is pictured in his driver's license photo, which was submitted as evidence in his federal court trial this week in a case where he and three others allegedly bribed former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right) with jobs and contracts for the speaker’s political allies in exchange for legislation favorable to electric utility Commonwealth Edison. (Madigan photo and illustration by Jerry Nowicki; McClain photo obtained from trial exhibit)
Sheriffs deputies rescue two from Fulton County fire
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - Fulton County Sheriffs Deputies rescued two people from a burning home early Friday morning. The Sheriffs Department says fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. at a home on East Sunnyland ...
Will Stevenson Mar 17, 2023 D4E / CC
Fire Department and Red Cross provide free smoke detectors
PEORIA, Ill. - Some Peoria residents got something that local officials argue they desperately needed Thursday, thanks to the Peoria Fire Department and the American Red Cross. Volunteers Thursday too...
Will Stevenson Mar 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Juveniles among those arrested during latest Anti-Violence Initiative detail
PEORIA, Ill. - "Please know where your children are at all times!" That's the message from Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria, after juveniles are suspected of committing crimes during what turned ou...
Will Stevenson Mar 16, 2023 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
Murder charges dropped after dead body was found in storage locker
GALESBURG, Ill. - A rural Knox County woman no longer faces murder charges after a dead body was found inside a storage locker last October. A Knox County judge Thursday dismissed the four most seriou...
Will Stevenson Mar 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Knox County Jail)
Bill in State House to make it easier to test for fentanyl
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A bill making its way through the Illinois House is aimed at making it easier to detect fentanyl. The bill would allow for fentanyl test strips be sold over-the-counter by pharmaci...
TJ Carson Mar 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell Co. Republican Party)