Category Archives: Local News
Garage a total loss after Thursday fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Investigators believe arson is the cause of a fire in Peoria Thursday that left a garage as a total loss. Peoria Fire responded before noon to the area of Knoxville and Briarwood Court....
Jun 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Quantum technology companies set for big tax incentives under new law
CHICAGO - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan to bolster the state's tech industry, including an incentives package - backed by $500 million in the state budget - aimed at maki...
Jun 27, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker signs a package of economic development legislation into law, surrounded by lawmakers, business leaders and representatives of organized labor. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Rivermen extend Coach Trudel and Assistant Coach Levine's contracts for another season
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Rivermen hockey team announced on Thursday that they have extended head coach Jean-Guy Trudel and assistant coach Eric Levine's contracts through the 2024-25 season. "We are ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Peoria Rivermen)
Man sentenced for firing gun that led to fatal pedestrian crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend 15 years behind bars after being convicted of reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon in a case that led to a fatal pedestrian cr...
Jun 27, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
SCOTUS ruling could upend federal corruption cases for Madigan, allies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowed the scope of a federal bribery law prosecutors have relied on in their cases against former Illinois House Spea...
Jun 27, 2024 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday that could affect several of the bribery charges he is currently facing. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Rivian investors to seek details on path to profits at investor day
(Reuters) - Rivian shareholders will seek details on the company's upcoming models and progress in cutting costs at an investor day event on Thursday, two days after the US electric vehicle maker anno...
Jun 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view shows a second-generation R1S at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
Peoria man arrested after alleged sexual abuse against a minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was arrested Tuesday after a more than two month investigation into an alleged criminal sexual abuse against a minor. Peoria Police say 27-year-old Danny Devine Junior was ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current CBS analyst visits patients at OSF Children's Hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - A former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys made a return trip to OSF Children's Hospital in Peoria to help brighten patients' days. Tony Romo's visit to the hospital on Wednesday is pa...
Jun 26, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois man accused of Fourth of July shooting backs out of plea deal
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois man accused of opening fire on spectators watching an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb two years ago backed out of a plea deal on Wednesday, local media repo...
Jun 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Robert E. Crimo III answers to Judge Victoria A. Rossetti during a hearing in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria sex offender sentenced for possession of child porn depicting abuse
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to a total of 10 years and a day in federal prison for possession of child porn, depicting sexual abuse of children. 43-year-old Jack Lee Nimrick was han...
Jun 26, 2024 courtroom gavel
