Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker names Sen. Ann Gillespie new head of state insurance oversight agency
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a change in leadership at the agency in charge of regulating the state's insurance industry. State Sen. Ann Gillespie, ...
Apr 10, 2024 PHOTO: Sen. Ann Gillespie, D-Arlington Heights, speaking at an event in 2023. Gillespie was recently named acting director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Rivian's planned shutdown underway in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. - Assembly lines at Rivian Automotive's plant in Normal are idled, in a planned three-week pause. A Rivian spokesperson tells 25 News, the shutdown began Saturday, with production set to ...
Apr 10, 2024 The 100,000th vehicle has rolled off he line at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois.
(Rivian Automotive Facebook)
Proposed Peoria Township referendum critical of Israel rejected at annual meeting
PEORIA, Ill. - The global debate over Israel's war with Hamas will not be taken up by Peoria Township voters this November. At the township's annual meeting Tuesday night, a proposed non-binding advis...
Apr 09, 2024 Peoria City Clerk Stefanie Tarr counts votes relating to a referendum critical of Israel during the annual Peoria Township town meeting on April 9th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Victim from fatal motorcycle crash in rural Tazewell County identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A Towanda man has been identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle crash Monday afternoon in rural Tazewell County. Coroner Charles Hanley says 73-year-old Eric Bates was pr...
Apr 09, 2024
Man arrested Monday afternoon in Peoria after traffic stop and foot chase
PEORIA, Ill. - A traffic stop in Peoria led to the arrest of a man on drug and weapons charges Monday afternoon. Peoria Police say officers made contact with two males at the stop just after two-15 P-...
Apr 09, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man dies after vehicle vs. electric scooter crash in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man died after a crash involving a vehicle and an electric scooter Monday afternoon in South Peoria. Peoria Police say officers arrived just after 2:15 P.M. in the intersection of Ara...
Apr 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County grand jury indicts man for March shooting homicide at apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - The man charged in relation to Peoria's third homicide of the year has been indicted by a grand jury. 21-year-old Javier McGhee was indicted Tuesday on one count of Murder, a Class M Fe...
Apr 09, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Crash in rural Mackinaw claims 73-year-old's life
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. A 73-year-old rural McLean County man was killed in a crash involving his motorcycle and another vehicle in rural Mackinaw Monday afternoon. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanle...
Apr 09, 2024
Large crowd wowed by the solar eclipse at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - People from all over central Illinois came to the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Monday to see the solar eclipse. The Museum's Melody Konrad says reservations to view the eclipse from the ...
Apr 08, 2024 People viewing the solar eclipse at Peoria Riverfront Museum Monday, April 8, viewed the sight with their eclipse glasses on.
(1470/100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
Autopsy completed on human remains found in rural Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - An autopsy was completed Monday on the remains of a man who went missing in March of 2021 in rural Peoria County. The Peoria County Coroner's Office says 34-year-old Gabriel Cook...
Apr 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
