Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Riverfront Museum hits membership milestone number for 2nd time
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum says it has hit a milestone for the second time. In a Facebook post on Saturday, the museum says it has reached 4,000 members. It says the mark was achieved...
Nov 30, 2024 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Drought conditions improving in central Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions are improving across central Illinois. The latest US Drought Monitor report released on Wednesday shows all of Peoria and Tazewell Counties in abnormal dry conditi...
Nov 30, 2024 (NOAA/NWS)
Peoria holiday tradition continues for 137th year with Santa Claus Parade
PEORIA, Ill. - The Christmas season arrived in Peoria on a chilly and windy Friday morning with an annual tradition. The 137th edition of the Peoria Santa Claus Parade weaved its way through the stree...
Nov 29, 2024 Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus arrive in downtown Peoria to cap the 137th edition of the Peoria Santa Claus Parade. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Arson suspected in Thanksgiving Day fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a garage in the 900 block of W. Macqueen Avenue on reports of a fire on Thursday. Crews arrived just before 4:15 p.m., finding the garage on fire in t...
Nov 29, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria's ready for 137th Santa Claus Parade Friday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Santa Claus Parade, the longest-running holiday parade of its kind in the nation, steps off Friday morning downtown for the 137th time at 9:15 a.m. Bundle up...because it will ...
Nov 29, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria's Liberty Steel factory announces layoffs ahead of holidays
PEORIA Ill. - Just one day before the Thanksgiving holiday -- workers at Peoria's Liberty Steel learned they will be out of a job for at least the next two months -- and definitely through the holiday...
Nov 27, 2024 (25 News)
The next school reform push in Illinois: testing and accountability
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Education officials from five statewide organizations are pushing for fundamental changes in the way student achievement is measured each year and how schoo...
Nov 27, 2024 (Capitol News Illinois File Photo)
Man arrested in connection to Monday shooting in Peoria, ordered to remain in jail
UPDATED: 3:44PM PEORIA Ill. - The man arrested in connection to a shooting in Peoria on Monday -- will stay in jail until his arraignment hearing. According to Peoria County State's Attorney, Jodi Hoo...
Nov 27, 2024 (Jaylan Russell mug shot)
Peoria International Airport prepared for busy Thanksgiving travel holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Jennifer Bernitt is looking forward to escaping the cold weather of Illinois during the Thanksgiving holiday. "We're just looking for a nice flight. We like to fly together, my daughter...
Nov 27, 2024 Travelers wait in line at Peoria International Airport on November 27th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'You know why I'm interested': Wiretaps, secretly recorded videos show Madigan recruiting business to his law firm
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For the second time in the span of seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Ald. Danny Solis after reading about a propos...
Nov 27, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 21 after opening statements in his federal corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
