Category Archives: Local News
State: New COVID-19 cases on the way up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of new COVID-19 cases in Illinois is once again higher than the week before. The Illinois Department of Public Health says 23,334 cases were added to the rolls in the la...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Reaction to arrest of businessman for Deceptive Practices
PEORIA, Ill. - At least one of the people allegedly swindled by the now former owner of Murray Custom Cabinetry says he's breathing a sigh of relief now that the man's been arrested on sixteen felony ...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (File-25 News)
Man arrested, accused of shooting another man in the hand
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is in custody after he allegedly shot another man in the hand late Thursday morning. That's the latest in a shooting incident we first told you about then. Police say it st...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Man arrested for shooting and carjacking
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they have a man in custody for an alleged shooting and carjacking at a busy East Bluff area gas station. Peoria Police say Patrick Meyer, 24, was arrested Thursday and...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Durbin wants Twitter to address child sexual exploitation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "I know you are a father so I trust you will take this issue seriously." That's how Illinois Senator and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin starts a letter to Twitter CEO ...
Will Stevenson Dec 16, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested for two Fulton County burglaries
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - Authorities in Fulton County say they've arrested man allegedly responsible for at least a pair of burglaries more than a month ago. The Fulton County Sheriffs Department says Michae...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Former cabinet maker arrested on Deceptive Practices charges
PEORIA, Ill. - What started out as one complaint of fraud allegedly by a local businessman resulted in the businessman being arrested on what Peoria Police say is sixteen felony counts of Deceptive Pr...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Lawmakers hear more pleas for assault weapon ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A legislative committee on Thursday heard more witnesses call for a ban on high-power, semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines, but some experts ...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker celebrates passage of state Workers Rights Constitutional Amendment
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Democrats are taking another victory lap connected to the 2022 election. Governor JB Pritzker and union leaders Thursday celebrated the passage of the Workers Rights Amendment...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (State of Illinois)
Teen pleads not guilty in murder of another teen
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has pleaded not guilty to murder charges stemming from a shooting more than a month ago near Quest Charter Middle School. Erick Jackson, 18, made the plea in Peoria County ...
Will Stevenson Dec 15, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)