Category Archives: Local News
Sentencing for man in connection to 2023 fatal Dunlap shooting delayed
PEORIA, Ill. - Sentencing for a man who pleaded guilty in September to the shooting death of a woman in Dunlap last year has been delayed. Walter Artis was to be sentenced Thursday after his plea in c...
Nov 07, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria County judge's race grows, but still a razor thin margin
PEORIA, Ill. - The lead in the 10th Judicial Circuit judge's race in Peoria County has nearly doubled, but the margins are still razor-thin. After the first batch of mail-in ballots were processed Thu...
Nov 07, 2024
UPDATE: Peoria firefighters battle fire on south side, home a total loss
UPDATED: 6:20 A.M. (11/8) PEORIA, Ill. - A home on Peoria's south side is a total loss after a fire Thursday afternoon. Crews were called to the 1500 block of W. Aiken Avenue around 3:30 p.m., finding...
Nov 07, 2024 (Casey Foreman/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Voter turnout at "historic" levels in Tazewell County, meeting expectations in Peoria County
PEKIN, Ill. - Voter turnout for the general elections in Tazewell County this year were seen at "historic" levels. That's according to County Clerk John Ackerman. Unofficial tallies have 68,594 voters...
Nov 07, 2024
Pair charged with home repair fraud in Peoria County
PEORIA, Ill. - Two former business owners accused of stealing thousands of dollars from their clients have been charged with home repair fraud. The charges against Thomas Murray, who owned Murray Cust...
Nov 07, 2024 Thomas Murray and Nicholas Hamby--both charged with home repair fraud in Peoria County. (Peoria Co. Jail)
Man arrested after search warrant reveals drugs in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - A man has been arrested in Peoria for allegedly packing and selling illegal drugs. Wednesday morning, just after 6:00am, PPD's SWAT Team executed a search warrant at a residence in the 9...
Nov 07, 2024 24-year-old Travon Logan mug shot
ComEd lobbyist warned FBI mole to 'keep Madigan happy' and not mess with no-work contracts
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The FBI wasted no time giving Fidel Marquez his first assignment after the chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison agreed to become a government mole ...
Nov 07, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his attorneys leave the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 6. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria's historic Scottish Rite Theater set to reopen
PEORIA, Ill. - The Scottish Rite Theater in downtown Peoria, owned by Kim Blickenstaff's KDB Group, is set to reopen for concerts and shows this spring. According to the Peoria Journal Star, TempleLiv...
Nov 07, 2024 Scottish Rite Theatre (KDB Group)
Sorensen looking forward to second term in Congress after becoming projected winner in 17th District
MOLINE, Ill. - Congressman Eric Sorensen says he's looking ahead after what was a "hard day" for his party. The Moline Democrat is the projected winner of a second term in the U.S. House of Representa...
Nov 06, 2024 Congressman Eric Sorensen visits WMBD's Greg and Dan Show on 8/21/24. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
Peoria Police asking for help in solving early Monday morning homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police is seeking help in trying to solve a homicide just north of the city early Monday morning. The fatal shooting near the Wood Sage Apartments took the life of 22-year-old Cl...
Nov 06, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
