Category Archives: Local News
Town hall meeting held without LaHood
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Voters within the 16th congressional district have been asking Republican Congressman Darin Lahood to host a town hall meeting. Saturday, a group called Citizens for IL-16 held one...
Apr 27, 2025 25 News
Peoria police trained on communicating with people with autism
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police officers are receiving training on how to interact with children and adults with autism. Workshops were conducted this week from retired Addison Police officer and owner o...
Apr 27, 2025 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Suspect arrested after alleged car theft, police chase
PEORIA, Ill. - One suspect has been arrested in connection an alleged armed robbery and car theft,. And, it's believed the suspect may be connected to a similar incident in Bloomington. State Police t...
Apr 26, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Wildlife Prairie Park asks public's help to recover stolen rifle
HANNA CITY, Ill. - Officials at Wildlife Prairie Park are looking for an artifact reported stolen. The Park's Facebook page said a .36-caliber muzzle-loading percussion cap rifle was stolen recently, ...
Apr 26, 2025 Wildlife Prairie Park/Facebook
Supporters bid farewell to Washington Mayor
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington Mayor Gary Manier will be leaving office May 1, but well wishers and supporters got a chance to say goodbye and thank you. An official thank you reception was held Friday...
Apr 26, 2025 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Tazewell County prosecutors file murder charges in South Pekin double homicide
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County prosecutors have officially charged the man accused in a double homicide early Thursday morning in South Pekin. Two counts of First Degree Murder charges were filed Frida...
Apr 26, 2025 (Tazewell County Sheriff's Office)
High school students across the state show off skills in the trades at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - High school students from across Illinois are partaking in a battle to see who's the best in the trades this weekend in Peoria. Nearly 2,000 students from 80 high schools across the sta...
Apr 26, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Stratton secures Pritzker's backing in Senate bid, positions herself as 'fighter' of Trump
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday received a key endorsement from Gov....
Apr 25, 2025 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks to supporters outside a church in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Sorensen reflects on Durbin's legacy, hopes to keep LaHood in the House
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria-area's Democratic Congressman says Dick Durbin has been an "incredible leader in our state." 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen (D-Moline) reflected on Durbin's career i...
Apr 25, 2025 Congressman Eric Sorensen speaks at the Illinois Farmers Union Annual Meeting in East Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'I've done this my way': Durbin reflects on decision to retire
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Standing on his backyard deck Thursday - the same place where he declared his 1996 candidacy for U.S. Senate - Illinois' senior Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on his ...
Apr 25, 2025 Sen. Dick Durbin announces he will not run for another term in the Senate at a news conference at his home in Springfield alongside his wife, Loretta Durbin. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
