Category Archives: Local News
New Peoria Public Schools program looks to develop teachers from within
PEORIA, Ill. - A new program at Peoria Public Schools gives the district's staffers and paraprofessionals a pathway to becoming teachers. The first class of the Teacher Apprenticeship Program was cele...
Dec 13, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Judge won't acquit former AT&T Illinois boss in Madigan bribery case after hung jury
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Thursday declined to acquit former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza after his September trial on charges that he bribed ex-Illino...
Dec 13, 2024 Former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago in September after jury selection in his bribery trial, which ultimately ended in a hung jury. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man charged with sexually abusing two teenagers will remain in jail until trial
PEORIA Ill. - A 20-year-old man was charged Thursday for sexually abusing two teenagers that are under the age of 18. According to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office -- in a detention hearing...
Dec 12, 2024
Man will spend 10 years behind bars for role in shooting at Peoria Gas Station, in May
PEORIA Ill. - The man who fired a gun in broad daylight, at the Becks gas station on Memorial Drive, on May 26th of this year -- will be spending 10 years behind bars. According to the Peoria County S...
Dec 12, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
City of Peoria & Peoria County announces collision alert, amid winter weather conditions
PEORIA Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has issued a traffic collision alert for Peoria County. Citizens that are involved in vehicle crashes, where no one is injured, should exchange informa...
Dec 12, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Peoria City Council approves new chemical plant along Illinois River
PEORIA Ill. - After some special conditions were reached...the Peoria City Council has given its blessing to a new chemical plant in the Distillery TIF District. Council approved zoning changes on Tue...
Dec 12, 2024 (City of Peoria)
Chillicothe building a total loss after Thursday morning fire
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - The building that houses a Chillicothe boutique store is a total loss after a fire Thursday morning. The fire at Sweet Finds on 4th and Chestnut Streets was called in at around 3:3...
Dec 12, 2024 Fire crews put out hot spots at the Sweet Finds boutique in Chillicothe. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested in Peoria for stolen handgun and illegal sale of drugs
PEORIA Ill. -A man has been arrested in Peoria for having a stolen handgun and selling illegal drugs. According to Peoria Police, Wednesday, SWAT was conducting an investigation into the illegal sale ...
Dec 12, 2024
Lobbyist testifies 'loyalty' to Madigan led him to make payments to ousted staffer
CHICAGO - After nearly a dozen years working for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Tom Cullen went out on his own in 1999, building up a lengthy roster of diverse - and often high-paying - clien...
Dec 12, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo and his attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One person sent to hospital after tent fire in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - One person was taken to the hospital after a tent-fire Thursday morning in Peoria. Earlier in the morning, the Peoria Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of Northeast Monr...
Dec 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
