Category Archives: Local News
Peoria County coroner identifies man killed in Tazewell Co. crash
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man killed in a crash in Tazewell County Friday night. Harwood says 22-year-old Deontay Page, of Peoria, died at OSF Sain...
Feb 1, 2025
Peoria County confirms one TB case
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Health Department confirms one tuberculosis (TB) case in the county, with the patient in active treatment for the disease. TB is a bacterial disease that affect...
Feb 1, 2025 stockdevil_666 / Depositphotos.com
IDOT: New lane closure begins Monday on the McClugage Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. - Beginning Monday, IDOT has scheduled a left lane to be blocked westbound on the East Peoria side of the McClugage Bridge. The lane closure is needed as part of the demolition of the old...
Feb 1, 2025 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Man found guilty in November for Aggravated Domestic Battery, sentenced to 7 years behind bars
PEORIA Ill. - The man found guilty in November for assaulting his former girlfriend, in Peoria, will spend the next seven years behind bars. According to the Illinois State's Attorney's Office, 35-yea...
Jan 31, 2025
Custom cars exhibit begins this weekend at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - The first exhibition to showcase American custom cars from across the Midwest opens this weekend at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Everley Davis, the museum's community engagement direct...
Jan 31, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
Student-teacher in Washington arrested for making a comment about shooting a student on social media
WASHINGTON Ill. - A student-teacher in Washington was arrested on Wednesday, for making a comment about shooting a student on social media. According to 25News and the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office...
Jan 31, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Adult and juvenile male will stay in jail until trial, on numerous weapons charges in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - An adult and a juvenile male have been charged with multiple weapons offenses - after being caught with firearms in downtown Peoria, on Tuesday. According to the Peoria County State's At...
Jan 31, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois students remain at or above national average
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Fourth and eighth grade students in Illinois generally scored as well or better than the national average in reading and math, according to results of the latest ...
Jan 31, 2025 Eighth grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in Illinois rose slightly in 2024 and outperformed the national average. (Source: Nationsreportcard.gov)
Ray LaHood speaks on Wednesday night crash in Washington D.C
PEORIA Ill. - A local, former U-S official, speaks to the deadly plane crash on Wednesday in Washington D.C, that has left more than 60 people dead. Former Illinois Congressman and U-S Transportation ...
Jan 30, 2025 Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
Illinois lawmakers revive push to create prescription drug affordability board
SPRINGFIELD - With prescription drug costs soaring, Illinois lawmakers announced legislation this week reviving efforts to create a prescription drug affordability board with the goal of capping the g...
Jan 30, 2025 State Rep. Nabeela Syed speaks to members of the media at the Illinois Capitol about the proposed Illinois prescription drug affordability board on Jan. 29, 2025. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Ismael M. Belkoura)
