Category Archives: Local News
Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year's Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of...
Dec 23, 2024 Nearly 300 new laws will take effect in Illinois in 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria gas prices fall slightly, state prices increase
PEORIA, Ill. - The price at the pump in the Peoria area has dipped slightly before the presents are unwrapped. GasBuddy reports an average of $3.14/g for unleaded on Monday, down 2.1 cents in the past...
Dec 23, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATED: One person dead after East Bluff shooting Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. - The man that died after a shooting in Peoria's East Bluff Sunday night, has been identified. Peoria Police say officers responded to a house just after 7:45 P.M. to a call of a person s...
Dec 23, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Elmwood man arrested after allegedly firing weapon into neighborhood
ELMWOOD, Ill. - An Elmwood man has been arrested after allegedly firing a weapon into a residential neighborhood last month. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were dispatched to the ar...
Dec 22, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Friday fire damages Peoria Heights home
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Two people and their pets were displaced after a kitchen fire in their Peoria Heights home Friday. Peoria Heights Fire says crews were called to the single-story home in the Lon...
Dec 22, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Zoo mourns passing of two-toed sloth
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Zoo is mourning the loss of its Hoffman's two-toed sloth. The zoo announced Friday the passing of Dustin at 47 years old. In a statement, the zoo says Dustin began to experie...
Dec 22, 2024 (Peoria Zoo)
Central Illinois music festival announces changes for 2025
PEORIA Ill. - The biggest music festival in Central Illinois is back to a familiar name -- but is moving to a new location. Despite being renamed the Solshine Reverie last year -- Summer Camp is back ...
Dec 21, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD -Rick Hirschmann)
Regulators OK statewide electric grid upgrades, rate increases
Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state's electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state. The Illinois Commerce ...
Dec 20, 2024 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott (third from left) reads a 2023 decision rejecting grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. Revised versions of those plans were approved Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man arrested in Peoria for aggravated robbery
PEORIA Ill. - A 29-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing a U-HAUL full of items, Thursday in Peoria. Just before 5:45pm -- Peoria Police responded to a robbery that occurred in the 200 bloc...
Dec 20, 2024
Residents escape Peoria fire Friday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a residence on N. Nottingham Place Friday morning on reports of a fire outside the home. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says crews arrived j...
Dec 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
