Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Stabbing interrupts dinner service at Bartonville restaurant, one arrested
UPDATED 11:21 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was sent to the hospital after an apparent employee altercation in Bartonville late Thursday afternoon. It happened along West Garfield Avenue around 5:30...
Julia Bradley Dec 30, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Republican lawmakers react to SAFE-T Act ruling, predicting 'chaos'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Republican lawmakers in Illinois are somewhat pleased with a Kankakee County judge declaring the cashless bail provisions of the SAFE-T Act unconstitutional -- just days before the...
Will Stevenson Dec 29, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Code of conduct changes at Civic Center impacting Rivermen games
PEORIA, Ill. - Fans of events will have an updated set of rules to go by when attending games at the Peoria Civic Center. The Peoria Rivermen and Civic Center officials jointly announced on Wednesday ...
TJ Carson Dec 29, 2022
Woman pleads not guilty to Drug-Induced Homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman is pleading not guilty to charges accusing her of giving another woman the drugs that caused her death. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate Sharon Lucy, 58, ente...
Will Stevenson Dec 29, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Crews respond to haz-mat situation in Princeville
UPDATED 5:10 p.m. PRINCEVILLE, Ill. - "A well-coordinated multi-jurisdictional response from all parties involved." That's how the Peoria Fire Department sums up their involvement in a hazardous mater...
Will Stevenson Dec 29, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Trial delayed again for parents charged with murder of son
PEORIA, Ill. - The trial of the parents charged with the murder of their eight-year-old son will not start next month as planned. A Peoria County judge Thursday okayed delaying the trials of Brandon W...
Will Stevenson Dec 29, 2022 Brandon Walker and Stephanie Jones (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Judge invalidates cash bail reform in some counties; Supreme Court appeal pending
UPDATED 12:05 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A Kankakee County judge ruled Wednesday that lawmakers overreached their constitutional authority in passing a measure to abolish cash ba...
Will Stevenson Dec 29, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Hoos reacts to SAFE-T Act ruling
UPDATED 12:03 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- The Pretrial Fairness Act, part of Illinois' Safe-T-Act legislation, was ruled unconstitutional late Wednesday -- and a local prosecutor says Peoria County must abid...
Julia Bradley Dec 29, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Census Bureau: U.S. population increases, but not in Illinois
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The good news: the Census Bureau says the national population made a slight tick upward in 2022. The bad news: not in Illinois. Statistics released last week by the Census Bureau ha...
Will Stevenson Dec 28, 2022 (U.S. Census Bureau)
New law in 2023: Some seniors get discounts on license plate renewal stickers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A program through the Illinois Department on Aging is giving some disabled residents along with senior citizens a discount on license plate renewal stickers. It's one of a number o...
Will Stevenson Dec 28, 2022 (Illinois Department on Aging)