Category Archives: Local News
Park-A-Palooza returning to the Peoria Riverfront for a second year
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District is bringing back Park-A-Palooza this week. Park District Executive Director Emily Cahill tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", they've got brand new experiences ready. "...
Jun 04, 2024 Peoria Park District's Park-A-Palooza is scheduled for June 6-8 on the Peoria Riverfront. (Peoria Park District)
Democrats tap gaming cash cow to help fill state budget gap
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In order to boost infrastructure spending and avoid a projected fiscal cliff facing the state in the next couple of years, Democrats who control state gover...
Jun 04, 2024 Sports betting has become popular among Illinoisans since the market launched in 2020. But the state has also benefitted from taxing sportsbooks, netting nearly $415 million so far – a figure that’s set to rise even higher under a tax hike Democrats pushed through the General Assembly last week. (Unsplash.com photo by Amit Lahav)
Judge considering whether slated candidates can appear on November ballot
Sangamon County, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -- A Sangamon County judge is weighing whether to block a new state law that bans the long-practiced tradition of political parties slating candidates for...
Jun 04, 2024 The Sangamon County Complex is the venue for a legal challenge to a new state law that bars parties from placing candidates on the general election ballot if no candidate ran in the party’s primary. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Arson appears to have caused a fire overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a fire at a home on N. Indiana early Tuesday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says crews arrived around 12 a.m., finding the back of ...
Jun 04, 2024 D4E / CC
Man arrested after early Saturday morning after allegedly taking child from Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested a man early Saturday morning on charges including home invasion and child abduction. Police responded to the Jeth Court Homes just after 5:00 A.M. on reports of a...
Jun 03, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria man sentenced for role in September 2020 murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison for his role in a murder nearly four years ago. 25 News reports 23-year-old Talya Zolicoffer was sentenced to 24 years in p...
Jun 03, 2024 courtroom gavel
Victim in fatal Interstate 74 crash Friday morning in East Peoria identified
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The identity of the victim in Friday morning's fatal crash on Interstate 74 in East Peoria is now known. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says 32-year-old Lauren Martin of No...
Jun 03, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Speaker of the House likes chances of flipping Illinois' 17th Congressional District in November
PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson believes Illinois' 17th Congressional District is in play in 2024. Retired judge Joe McGraw of Rockford is looking to unseat incumbent Democrat Er...
Jun 03, 2024 Retired judge Joe McGraw (left) stands next to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (center) during a press conference in Peoria on June 1st, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Central College has a new VP in charge of fundraising
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Central College made a big announcement Monday morning on WMBD Radio's "Greg and Dan Show." ICC President Sheila Quirk-Bailey says the college has a new vice president of ...
Jun 03, 2024 Illinois Central College President Sheila Quirk-Bailey and former State Rep. Mike Unes, who was announced on Monday as the college's new vice president of institutional advancement. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
GasBuddy: Local gas prices continue to fall post-Memorial Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 3.4 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 4...
Jun 03, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
