Category Archives: Local News
New elementary school on Washington's ballot
WASHINGTON, Ill. - In the upcoming election, some Washington residents will be asked to make a choice between keeping the current Lincoln Grade School building, or building a new school. The grade sch...
Mar 1, 2025 (Rendering courtesy of District 52)
New traffic changes begin in Peoria and Pekin on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - On Monday, in downtown Peoria, sidewalk removal work begins at the intersection of NE Adams Street and Kumpf Boulevard. Right lane closures are already in place on Kumpf Boulevard and a...
Mar 1, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
Man charged for shooting at a car last weekend in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - One man has been charged in connection to a shooting last week, in Peoria. According to the Peoria County State's Attorneys office, 28-year-old Michael Walder was charged Friday, with Ag...
Feb 28, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office - Michael Walders mug shot)
Lawmakers grill mass transit leaders as clock ticks toward funding 'cliff'
SPRINGFIELD - Public transportation reform in the Chicago area is at the top of state lawmakers' to-do list this spring, but exactly what that reform will look like remains unclear. Metra, the Chicago...
Feb 28, 2025 PURPLE LINE EVENING: A CTA Purple Line train rounds a corner of the Chicago “Loop.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATED: One man arrested in Peoria for allegedly shooting woman in the leg
PEORIA Ill. - A man was arrested Friday in Peoria, for allegedly shooting a woman in the leg. According to Peoria Police, officers were dispatched at around 8:40am to the 1100 block of Northeast Perry...
Feb 28, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
East Peoria mayor delivers positive tone in city's State of the City address
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's mayor says the city is in a great and strong position going into 2025. "We continue to grow, a lot of it too is not just new growth, but maintaining what you have," m...
Feb 28, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Solar farm fire causes minor damage in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a solar panel farm off N. Galena Road Thursday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says crews arrived just before 1:30 p.m., finding fire in ...
Feb 28, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
PPD: Man wanted after barricading himself inside Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Police have identified the man who barricaded himself inside a Peoria home Thursday afternoon as 30-year-old Joshua Cole. Peoria Police were called to the 2000 block of W. Howett Street...
Feb 28, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria ROE head focused on getting truant students in the classroom
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Regional Office of Education is working to reduce truancy in all of its schools. An investment into more case workers by the Peoria County Board has helped make it pos...
Feb 27, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County)
Trump to implement new tariffs on Illinois' largest trading partners as state faces uncertainty over economic projections
SPRINGFIELD - As the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Director Alexis Sturm warned a House committee that uncertainty about President Donald Trump's economic and administrative policies coul...
Feb 27, 2025 HOUSE REVENUE COMMITTEE: Governor’s Office of Management and Budget Director Alexis Sturm speaks to the House Revenue and Finance Committee in Springfield on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
