Category Archives: Local News
Bloomington ECHL team becomes affiliate of NHL's New York Rangers
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington is in a New York state of mind. The city's new ECHL team, the Bison, announced Thursday their NHL affiliation will be with the New York Rangers. The Bison will also be ...
May 30, 2024 (Grossinger Motors Arena)
Lawmakers OK bill to require 'faithful' electors in 2024, loosen campaign finance rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Illinois appears likely to join most of the rest of the country in requiring that the state's Electoral Colleg...
May 30, 2024 Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, prepares for a debate over a broad package of election legislation. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Highland Park gunman appears in court ahead of two year anniversary of shooting
CHICAGO, Ill. - It's been nearly two years since a gunman attacked the crowds watching a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. 23-year-old Robert Crimo III is accused of killing seven peop...
May 30, 2024 courtroom gavel
One of three men wanted in connection to Peoria Heights gas station shooting incident in custody
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Peoria Heights Police say they have taken into custody one of three men wanted for a Memorial Day weekend shooting incident at a gas station. Police say 22-year-old Jontin Evans...
May 29, 2024 (Peoria Heights Police Department/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin students reveal project telling stories and wisdom from Tazewell County veterans
PEKIN, Ill. - For the past four months, students at Pekin Community High School spent time with veterans in Tazewell County to learn about their stories and share their wisdom. "Honoring the Veterans ...
May 29, 2024 Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman and Pekin Community High School students unveil a project to tell stories and wisdom from veterans in the county. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Chillicothe man dies after motorcycle crash over Memorial Day weekend
CHILLICOTHE TOWNSHIP, Ill. - A Chillicothe man died after a crash north of the town on Saturday night while on his motorcycle. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 37-year-old Nathan Knop was pron...
May 29, 2024
Peoria home damaged by fire Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home in the area of Hayward and Jefferson Streets in Peoria Wednesday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Haskall says crews arrived around 7:30 a.m., findi...
May 29, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Memorial Day shooting leaves two injured
PEORIA, Ill. - A shooting in Peoria's West Bluff late Monday night left two people injured. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called around 10:10 p.m. to N. Douglas on a ShotSp...
May 29, 2024
UPDATE: Once again working through the night, IL lawmakers finalize $53.1 billion budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - After a near-derailment and an all-nighter to wrap up the General Assembly's spring session, supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House gave final legisl...
May 29, 2024 State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, introduces the state’s operating budget in the early hours of Wednesday morning at the Capitol. The budget passed after 1 a.m., with Gordon-Booth calling it “balanced, responsible and fair.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria Park District's summer initiative for safe activities set to get underway
PEORIA, Ill. - A summer tradition of safe family fun in Peoria's parks returns this week. For more than two decades, the Streets Belong to Me initiative from the Peoria Park District aims to give kids...
May 28, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
