Category Archives: Local News
State wraps up case in challenge to assault weapons ban
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge invoked images from the 1917 race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Thursday at the end of a trial in a case challenging the constitu...
Sep 19, 2024 The U.S. District Courthouse is pictured in East St. Louis (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Mother of one-month-old son who died in Peoria ordered to remain in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A Chicago woman charged with First Degree Murder in the death of her son in Peoria this week has been ordered to remain in jail. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a petit...
Sep 19, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in case of ex-AT&T boss accused of bribing Madigan
CHICAGO - A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza bribed longtime Illinois House...
Sep 19, 2024 PHOTO: Flanked by his legal team, former AT&T executive Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago earlier this month. La Schiazza’s bribery trial ended in a mistrial on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria looking to purchase downtown property at Tuesday's city council meeting
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria is looking to acquire property in the downtown area. An agenda item on Tuesday's meeting includes a resolution to purchase the Tower on Adams property for more than o...
Sep 19, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Teen arrested for illegal possession of handgun
PEORIA Ill. - A 14-year-old has been arrested in connection to a stolen handgun found in Peoria Wednesday. A Peoria Police spokesperson tells us, at around 4:20pm, PPD's Special Investigations Divisio...
Sep 19, 2024
UPDATE: One person dead after crash in Tazewell County
UPDATED 4:17 P.M. TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 62-year-old woman from Pekin is the victim in a fatal accident near South Pekin Thursday morning. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the name of th...
Sep 19, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Riverfront Museum Unveils "Space Exploration Gallery"
PEORIA Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum is headed to space... Thursday morning, representatives of the museum unveiled their brand new "Space Exploration Gallery", located right outside the Dome Pl...
Sep 19, 2024 Peoria Riverfront Museum officials unveil "Space Exploration Gallery". (Casey Foreman / 1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Chase Bank's downtown Peoria location permanently closed
PEORIA, Ill. - The signs have been removed, and the ATM outside Chase Bank's Jefferson Street location in Peoria is boarded up. A Chase spokesperson confirms the downtown Peoria branch closed for good...
Sep 19, 2024 A moving truck is seen outside the Riverview Plaza building on March 11th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man dies in late night shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating the City's latest homicide after a shooting late Thursday night. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 200 b...
Sep 19, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Audit reveals WTVP received more grant funding than it should have
PEORIA, Ill. - An audit from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Office of the Inspector General audit reveals that Peoria public television station WTVP did not fully comply with CPB requiremen...
Sep 18, 2024 (25 News)
