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Fire damages Peoria hospital Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A portion of a Peoria hospital was damaged after a fire was reportedly intentionally set near it Saturday morning. Peoria Fire says crews responded to Carle Health Methodist Hospital at...
Dec 15, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker endorses hemp regulation bill
SPRINGFIELD - More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday he now favors legislation to bring the industry under tigh...
Dec 14, 2024 Products that contain delta-8 THC are pictured next to the original packaging they resemble. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
IBM will build new quantum computer in state-backed technology park
CHICAGO - IBM, the tech giant known for revolutionizing computing over the past 70 years, is setting up shop on Chicago's South Side to develop what could be the field's next big leap: quantum technol...
Dec 13, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker watches as IBM CEO Arvind Krishna describes his company’s plan to set up a state-of-the-art quantum computer at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on Chicago’s South Side. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria Heights receives grant for Glen Avenue work
PEORIA HEIGHTS Ill. - The village of Peoria Heights has been awarded two grants, totaling more than 760-thousand dollars, to be used for accessibility improvements to Glen Avenue. The Tri-County Regio...
Dec 13, 2024 (Village of Peoria Heights)
USPS mail carrier speaks to the difficulty of "delivering for the holidays"
PEKIN Ill. - The holiday season is a busy one for us all, especially for your local mail carrier. They're the ones out there, delivering the gifts you've ordered online, in the snow and cold, at all t...
Dec 13, 2024 mail and packages
Peoria Chiefs announce field naming rights agreement with Wilson Services
PEORIA Ill. - For the first time in Peoria Chiefs franchise history -- the field at Dozer Park has a new name. Team officials announced Friday, effective in 2025, Wilson Services will become the first...
Dec 13, 2024 (Peoria Chiefs)
New Peoria Public Schools program looks to develop teachers from within
PEORIA, Ill. - A new program at Peoria Public Schools gives the district's staffers and paraprofessionals a pathway to becoming teachers. The first class of the Teacher Apprenticeship Program was cele...
Dec 13, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Judge won't acquit former AT&T Illinois boss in Madigan bribery case after hung jury
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Thursday declined to acquit former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza after his September trial on charges that he bribed ex-Illino...
Dec 13, 2024 Former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago in September after jury selection in his bribery trial, which ultimately ended in a hung jury. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man charged with sexually abusing two teenagers will remain in jail until trial
PEORIA Ill. - A 20-year-old man was charged Thursday for sexually abusing two teenagers that are under the age of 18. According to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office -- in a detention hearing...
Dec 12, 2024
Man will spend 10 years behind bars for role in shooting at Peoria Gas Station, in May
PEORIA Ill. - The man who fired a gun in broad daylight, at the Becks gas station on Memorial Drive, on May 26th of this year -- will be spending 10 years behind bars. According to the Peoria County S...
Dec 12, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
