Category Archives: Local News
Locals gather downtown for Peoria Veteran's Day Parade
PEORIA Ill. - A tradition that dates back more than 100 years, continued Monday morning in Downtown Peoria. It was the annual Veterans Day Parade -- honoring those who have or are currently serving in...
Nov 11, 2024 (Casey Foreman 1470 & 100.3 WMBD Radio)
The price to fill up your car in Peoria continues to fall
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria gas prices are continuing to fall. GasBuddy reports an average of $3.22/g Monday in the Peoria area, down 4.1 cents in the past week. The average is 14.9 cents lower than a month...
Nov 11, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Two people dead after multiple Sunday night shootings in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people are dead after multiple shootings Sunday night in Peoria. Peoria Police first responded to the 600-block of East Republic after ten shots were fired, finding an adult female ...
Nov 11, 2024
Driver involved in fatal Peoria crash in May pleads guilty and is sentenced
PEORIA, Ill. - A Wyoming man has pleaded guilty for his role in a head-on crash in May that killed a Dunlap High School student. Court records show 25-year-old Levi Dietz pleaded guilty Thursday to on...
Nov 09, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Limestone High School employee arrested after alleged inappropriate relationship with student
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A Limestone High School employee has been arrested after an alleged inappropriate relationship between them and a student. Bartonville Police say 37-year-old Ronnie Baskin was arre...
Nov 09, 2024 (File-25 News)
Federal judge strikes down Illinois assault weapons ban, setting up likely appeal
SPRINGFIELD - A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois' assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued a...
Nov 08, 2024 The U.S. District Courthouse is pictured in East St. Louis. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Hundreds of local high school students learn how to "build their future"
EDWARDS Ill. - More than 400 local high school students learned how they could "build their future" Friday in Edwards... It was the third annual Skills USA Construction Pathways Career Experience -- a...
Nov 08, 2024
Investigators say intentionally set fire damages Peoria apartment
PEORIA, Ill. - Investigators say a Peoria apartment fire from Friday morning was reportedly intentionally set. Peoria Fire crews arrived just after 7:15 A.M. in the area of Wardcliffe and Rockwood, di...
Nov 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria's Scottish Rite Theater under new management
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria is all "abuzz" with the announcement that the Scottish Rite Theater is reopening. The venue, that's been closed since last April, is under new management. TempleLive Music Group'...
Nov 08, 2024 (TempleLive Music Group)
Jury sees relentless ComEd job placement requests from Madigan co-defendant
CHICAGO - Had they been any other job applicants, electric utility Commonwealth Edison likely wouldn't have given a second look to candidates who made "politically inappropriate" comments during an in...
Nov 08, 2024 Mike McClain, the former top contract lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, Nov. 6 with his attorney Patrick Cotter. McClain is on trial alongside ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, his longtime friend. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
