Category Archives: Local News
Lawmakers proposes capping pawn broker interest rates -- same as payday lenders
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - One Illinois lawmaker wants the state to further clamp down on the interest rates pawn brokers charge. Described as a follow-up to a law crafted last year by State Senator Jacqueli...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 (Illinois Senate Democrats)
Teenager arrested after Monday morning carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager is in the Peoria County Jail after a carjacking incident Monday morning. Peoria Police said 19-year-old Gabriel Messenger is being charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking...
TJ Carson Dec 27, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Cloyd seeks reversal of Election Board's decision
PEKIN, Ill. -- Mayoral candidate Becky Cloyd is challenging the Pekin Election Board's ruling taking her off the April 4 ballot. Cloyd has been assigned a January 5 court hearing. The Pekin Election B...
Julia Bradley Dec 27, 2022 (25 News)
GasBuddy: Gas price declines may be done for a bit
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria area continue to decline, with some parts of the area lower than others. AAA says its current Peoria-Pekin Metro Area gas price average for a gallon of unleaded...
Will Stevenson Dec 26, 2022 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera-Pekin)
Illinois GED gets a name change on New Years Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The State of Illinois' "GED" will be getting a name change as of Sunday. The GED certificate will instead be called the "State of Illinois High School Diploma." "This is important ...
Will Stevenson Dec 26, 2022 COD Newsroom / CC
New year to bring new laws in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - By now, almost everyone in Illinois has heard that Jan. 1 will mark the beginning of a significant change in the state's criminal justice system - the elimi...
Will Stevenson Dec 26, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bustos: $66 million in projects funded in 17th District in omnibus spending bill
EAST MOLINE, Ill. - Outgoing 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos says her last vote in Congress was for the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. Bustos, in a recent virtual news conference, says that incl...
Will Stevenson Dec 26, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois American Water: Glasford will experience interruption of service
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois American Water will be completing a critical project in Glasford this week that will require a temporary interruption in water service on Wednesday. The utility says bottled w...
Julia Bradley Dec 26, 2022 Illinois American Water
Christmas tree recycling options in Central IL
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- You may be wondering what to do with your live Christmas tree after the holidays. Residents of Tazewell County can bring their trees to a number of drop off points December 26...
Julia Bradley Dec 26, 2022 Kevin Krejci / CC
The pandemic ushered in a new era of emergency housing, but it now faces a fiscal cliff
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For Illinois' homeless populations and those that serve them, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a crisis - the volunteer, mostly faith-based shelters that h...
Will Stevenson Dec 24, 2022 Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons