Category Archives: Local News
Kinzinger donates papers to Pekin's Dirksen Center
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin will house papers and artifacts belonging to former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who grew up in McLean County. Kinzinger did not run for reelectio...
Julia Bradley Feb 01, 2023 Hudson Institute / CC
"Country Cares" Radiothon for St. Jude returns for 30th year
PEORIA, Ill. -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee is a cause that's near and dear to Central Illinois. Wednesday and Thursday from 6 am-6pm, 104-9 The Wolf is taking your don...
Julia Bradley Feb 01, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
UPDATE: Appellate court upholds restraining order on assault weapons ban
UPDATED 4:33 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A temporary restraining order that partially blocks Illinois' new assault weapons ban from being enforced will remain in place after a div...
Will Stevenson Jan 31, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Local doctor reacts to coming end of COVID emergency declarations
PEORIA, Ill. - Is it a good idea for the Biden Administration to end the U.S.' COVID-19 emergency declarations in May as the rest of the world sees a continued surge in new cases? Doctor Doug Kasper w...
Will Stevenson Jan 31, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
County Clerks raising concerns about allocation of funds for rental housing program
PEORIA, Ill. - County clerks and housing authority leaders in Central Illinois are raising concerns about where money meant for rental housing assistance is going to. Representatives from Peoria, Taze...
TJ Carson Jan 31, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Amid 'unprecedented' prolonged revenue boom, state finds budget breathing room
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Sustained higher-than-predicted state tax revenues have in recent months given lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern times,...
Will Stevenson Jan 31, 2023 The graphic depicts the rise of state income tax revenue since the COVID-19 pandemic based on data from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. (Capitol News Illinois Illustration and photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State Farm pauses new policies for some Kia, Hyundai vehicles
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington-based State Farm says it will no longer insure some older model Kia and Hyundai vehicles. The affected vehicles, according to media reports, are any made between 2015 a...
Will Stevenson Jan 31, 2023 James Case / CC
Caterpillar misses profit estimates as costs weigh
(Reuters) -Caterpillar Inc on Tuesday reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as increasing manufacturing and freight costs pressured the heavy machinery maker's margins. Shares of Caterpillar...
Julia Bradley Jan 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar Inc. equipment is on display for sale at a retail site in San Diego, California, U.S., March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
CAT union workers approve UAW strike authority
PEORIA, Ill. -- Members of the United Auto Workers Union at Caterpillar have overwhelmingly decided to give their leaders the authority to call a strike against the company in case contract negotiatio...
Julia Bradley Jan 31, 2023 (Caterpillar)
Decade in federal prison for convicted meth dealer
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the next decade in federal prison after being sentenced to felony drug charges. Court records indicate Robert Lee Ford, 38, was sentenced Monday to 120 months in...
Will Stevenson Jan 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail June 2021)
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