Category Archives: Local News
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)
Peoria Heights looking for three people in connection to shooting incident Sunday evening
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Peoria Heights Police are looking for three people allegedly involved in a shooting at a gas station late-Sunday afternoon. Police say shots were fired just before 5:45 P.M. at ...
May 28, 2024 (Peoria Heights Police)
Autopsy conducted on woman found in river last Friday afternoon in Hollis Township
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The cause of death of a Peoria woman who was found in a river last Friday afternoon has been revealed, but questions around her death remain. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood ...
May 28, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Lawmakers move to pause - then further regulate - carbon dioxide pipeline development
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - After state regulators rebuffed several proposed carbon transport projects over the past year, lawmakers have moved to formally ban new projects until the f...
May 28, 2024 Sen. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, and an aide watch as Sen. Michael Halpin, D-Rock Island, explains why he will vote no on her bill to regulate the carbon capture and sequestration industry. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Violent holiday weekend in the Windy City
CHICAGO, Ill. - It was another violent holiday weekend in Chicago, with at least 39 people shot, 9 killed, including a 5-year-old girl. Fox News reports 5-year-old Reign Ware was sitting in a car arou...
May 28, 2024 fergregory / Depositphotos.com
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices on the rise again
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have gone up 9.3 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.77 a gallon on Tuesday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Local prices ar...
May 28, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Memorial Day ceremonies in Morton and Peoria honor those who served and those who gave it all
MORTON/PEORIA, Ill. - Tazewell County took the time on Memorial Day to honor those from the "Greatest Generation" who are still alive. 14 veterans of World War 2 took the stage at Morton High School's...
May 27, 2024 World War 2 veterans living in Tazewell County shared a stage at Morton High School on Memorial Day. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
East Peoria home damaged after being hit by truck
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria home suffered significant damage Sunday evening, after a truck hit it. East Peoria Fire Chief Bobby Zimmerman says fortunately, no one was home when the incident hap...
May 27, 2024 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
IL Senate Democrats send $53.1B spending plan to House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Two days after the General Assembly was scheduled to adjourn its spring session, Democrats in the Illinois Senate advanced a $53.1 billion budget to the Hou...
May 27, 2024 Lawmakers in the Illinois Senate celebrate Sunday night after passing a budget. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
