Category Archives: Local News
Music festival returns to Chillicothe this weekend under a new name
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Memorial Day weekend tradition outside of Chillicothe returns this year, but with a new name and look. The formerly known Summer Camp is now Solshine Reverie, running Thursday th...
May 22, 2024 (Summer Camp/Solshine Reverie)
Woman injured after Wednesday morning stabbing in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a stabbing in South Peoria early Wednesday morning. Peoria Police found an adult female with apparent stab wounds in the area of Sta...
May 22, 2024 (Midwest Communication)
Peorians sentenced for trying to rob area gun stores
PEORIA, Ill. - Four Peoria residents were sentenced after trying to rob several area gun stores. The Department of Justice says 22-year-old Erika Garner was sentenced on Tuesday to time served, follow...
May 22, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Power restored to most Ameren customers in Central IL
UPDATED 11:25 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - As of late Wednesday morning, power has been restored to most Central Illinois Ameren customers. As of 11 a.m., the number of homes without power in Tazewell County w...
May 22, 2024 (Ameren Illinois)
Woodford County Board votes to affirm non-sanctuary status of county
EUREKA, Ill. - The Woodford County Board, on its second try, has approved its non-sanctuary status. The resolution to affirm the status was approved by a voice vote at Tuesday night's meeting. It was ...
May 21, 2024 Woodford County Board members listen to the public comment portion of the May 21st, 2024 meeting before a vote on the county's sanctuary status. (Woodford County Zoom)
As legislative session adjournment looms, a rush to regulate carbon capture industry
SPRINGFIELD - A technology that some say is a key tool to address climate change and others say is a cash grab for heavy industry could face new regulations - if lawmakers can find the time before the...
May 21, 2024 The interior of the Illinois Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Oven catches fire in Peoria, three dogs rescued
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Bradley Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on reports of a fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says crews found smoke coming...
May 21, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing cousin in South Peoria after argument
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will remain in jail after being charged with Attempted First Degree Murder for a stabbing incident earlier this month. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a petition ...
May 21, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County grand jury indicts man accused in shooting death of MikeQuese Taylor
PEORIA, Ill. - The man alleged to have shot and killed an 18-year-old from Peoria who was home from junior college in Kansas has been indicted. 20-year-old Messiah Carpenter was indicted on one count ...
May 21, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads guilty for shooting at West Peoria tavern in September 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has pleaded guilty for a shooting last year at a tavern in West Peoria. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 43-year-old Anthony Gates pleaded guilty Tuesday to a char...
May 21, 2024 Anthony Gates (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
