Category Archives: Local News
South Peoria shooting leaves one man shot in the leg
PEORIA, Ill: - Peoria police are investigating a shooting in South Peoria. Officers responded to a Shot Spotter alert of ten rounds fired in the area of Starr and Westmoreland around 11 p.m. Wednesday...
Jul 18, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
North Peoria vehicle burglaries under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating the alleged break-in of approximately ten vehicles in North Peoria. Officers responded to the area of Bluebonnet Drive on a report of a possible vehicle ...
Jul 18, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Civil rights lawsuit filed against Washington landlord
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington landlord is accused of sexually harassing female tenants and housing applicants. The U.S. Justice Department outlined the charges against Michael DeWitte in a civil rights ...
Jul 18, 2024 Midwest Communications
Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy charged with first-degree murder
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A Springfield woman's call for help ended with her death and the indictment of a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy on first-degree murder, aggravated battery...
Jul 18, 2024 Sangamon County Complex (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Illinois unemployment rate up in June
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois' unemployment rate in June was 5.0 percent, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The rate is a 0.1% increase from May. IDES says the industry secto...
Jul 18, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
St. Jude runners making their way back to Peoria, raising money for patients
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's St. Jude Runners are making the trek back home. One of the 185 runners this year is Midwest Communications' Lee Hall...who is running a 37th time from Memphis to Peoria. "I lov...
Jul 18, 2024 Participants in the 43nd annual Memphis to Peoria Run travel through the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
(St. Jude Runs Facebook Page)
Pekin man awaits sentencing for 2021 murder
PEKIN, Ill. - A 69-year-old Pekin man convicted of fatally shooting his wife in 2021 is awaiting sentencing in September. On May 17, 2021, Tracie Turnbow, who was 59, was found with gunshot wounds and...
Jul 18, 2024 (Tazewell County Sheriff's Office)
Dunlap Schools approves new training facility
DUNLAP, Ill. - Dunlap athletes will soon have plenty of space to play, after the Dunlap School Board approved a new sports training facility that will be built near the middle and high schools, costin...
Jul 18, 2024 (Dunlap School District)
On party infighting, Illinois' new GOP chair says 'start calling those people out'
MILWAUKEE (Capitol News Illinois) - In the parlance of Washington D.C. Republican strategists, deep-blue Illinois is sometimes referred to as an "orphan" state - along with other Democratic stronghold...
Jul 17, 2024 Incoming Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi receives applause on Wednesday during the Illinois delegation’s breakfast prior to Republican National Convention programming in Milwaukee. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One Peoria event helps parents and their children prepare for new school year
PEORIA, Ill. - The new school year is around the corner, and a pair of state legislators are helping Peoria families get ready. State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth and State Senator Dave Koehler h...
Jul 17, 2024 State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria) helps a child try on a new backpack at the One Peoria event on July 17th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
