Category Archives: Local News
Koehler: Local school districts receiving new funding from the state
PEORIA, Ill. - Eighteen area school districts will be receiving nearly $8 million for much needed improvements to classrooms and school buildings. Democratic State Sen. Dave Koehler, of Peoria, says t...
Aug 23, 2024 Montse PB / CC
Pekin's Marigold Medallion Hunt gets underway Monday
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin's 52nd Marigold Festival officially gets underway Monday. Amy McCoy, with the Pekin Chamber of Commerce, tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" about the festival's theme this year. "Our them...
Aug 23, 2024 (pekinchamber.com)
Saying Trump has 'suffocated the soul' of his party, former GOP Rep. Kinzinger endorses Harris at DNC
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger did something Thursday night that might have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago. He stood on the stage of the D...
Aug 23, 2024 Former U.S. Rep Adam Kinzinger addresses the Democratic National Convention. The vocal critic of Donald Trump has been a leading member of “Republicans for Harris.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Harris takes on Gaza war, tyranny in Democratic convention finale
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris sealed the Democratic presidential nomination with a muscular speech, laying down broad foreign policy principles and sharp contrasts with Republican r...
Aug 23, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves from the stage on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm
Enrollment up at Illinois Central College
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - There's more Cougars in central Illinois this fall. Illinois Central College on Thursday reported a 5.1% increase in enrollment for the fall 2024 semester, compared to fall 2023. T...
Aug 22, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Democrats look to invest resources in swing states
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - On the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Illinois party leaders were preparing Thursday to hear Vice President Kamala Harris' acceptance speech a...
Aug 22, 2024 Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democratic governor from a red state, speaks to the Illinois delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Pritzker, Dems push to widen abortion messaging beyond 'social issues' silo
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker used part of his eight-minute primetime speech at the Democratic National Convention this week to push his own party to shift its messaging on ...
Aug 22, 2024 Planned Parenthood Action Fund CEO Alexis McGill Johnson (second from left) speaks at an event put on by Think Big America, a progressive political action organization launched by Gov. JB Pritzker (center) last year. The panel also included Kelly Hall of The Fairness Project (left), Mini Timmaraju of Reproductive Freedom for All and Sarah Garza Resnick of Personal PAC (right). (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Two men arrested in East Peoria on residential burglary charges
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were arrested on residential burglary charges after allegedly breaking into an East Peoria home early Wednesday morning. Police say officers were called just after 2:00 A.M...
Aug 22, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
"Unknown" Civil Rights activist to get spotlight at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - A highly influential, but mostly unknown, player in the Civil Rights movement is getting a spotlight shined on him in Peoria. The Dirksen Congressional Center will be hosting a celebrat...
Aug 22, 2024 (Dirksen Congressional Center)
KB Strong celebrates 6th BrownFest this weekend in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington's annual BrownFest is back this weekend. The fundraiser is held in honor of Washington Basketball Coach Kevin Brown, who lost his fight with Glioblastoma several years ag...
Aug 22, 2024 (KB-Strong Foundation)
