Category Archives: Local News
Peoria gas prices nearly unchanged this week
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 0.7 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.57 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 13....
Mar 18, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Man dead after rural Pekin crash
PEKIN, Ill. - A man is dead after a crash Sunday afternoon in rural Tazewell County. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the single-vehicle crash happened around 2:30 p.m. near Pekin at the in...
Mar 17, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Bradley Braves Men's Basketball to play in NIT Wednesday night. Here's details and ticket info
UPDATED 10:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley Braves men's basketball team has officially punched its ticket to the National Invitation Tournament. The Braves received a 3-seed Sunday night, and will ...
Mar 17, 2024 (Bradley University)
Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade weaves its way through downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - On a chilly and windy Sunday afternoon, hundreds lined the streets of downtown Peoria to celebrate being Irish. The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade by the St. Patrick Society of Peoria ...
Mar 17, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bailey vs. Bost congressional race among GOP primaries to watch
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The March 19 primaries in Illinois may seem anticlimactic to those who are only interested in presidential politics. Democratic President Joe Biden and Repu...
Mar 17, 2024 Former state Sen. and failed GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey is pictured at his election night party in 2022. He is running for Congress in Illinois’ 12th District against incumbent Mike Bost. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Diversity, judicial appointments at issue in 1st District Supreme Court race
(Capitol News Illinois) - The race for one of the seven Illinois Supreme Court seats pits an appointed incumbent against a second-time candidate as the two Democrats vie for their party's nomination n...
Mar 17, 2024 Supreme Court Justice Joy Cunningham, left, and Appellate Court Justice Jesse Reyes, right, are vying for the Democratic nomination for the 1st District Supreme Court seat currently held by Cunningham. She was appointed to the seat when former Chief Justice Anne Burke retired in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo and illustration; Cunningham image from joyforjustice.com; Reyes image from justicereyes.com)
St. Patrick's Day Parade in Peoria Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - It's colder than the last few days, but the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade will travel through parts of downtown Peoria nonetheless on Sunday. Peoria Police say parade lineup will be...
Mar 17, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Powerball jackpot rolls over after no one wins Saturday's drawing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There's still more than a billion dollars in multi-state lottery jackpots up for grabs, after no one won Saturday night's Powerball jackpot of $623 million. Powerball officials say...
Mar 17, 2024 (Powerball)
Future of Logan Correctional Center uncertain after Governor's plan to rebuild it
LINCOLN, Ill. - The status of the future of the Logan Correctional Center is uncertain after plans have been announced to rebuild it. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced in a statement on Friday plans to...
Mar 16, 2024 (25 News)
State Senator from Peoria sponsor of battery recycling bill
PEORIA, Ill. - A state bill sponsored by a Peoria legislator would establish a recycling program for batteries. Democrat State Senator Dave Koehler's bill, SB 3686, would require businesses who sell o...
Mar 16, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
