Category Archives: Local News
Here's what local lawmakers had to say about Governor JB Pritzker's State of the State and budget address
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A number of local lawmakers issued statements either on social media or to reporters following Governor JB Pritzker's budget address Wednesday. Here's a sampling of what lawmakers ...
Feb 21, 2024 Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives to deliver his State of the State and budget address before the General Assembly at the Illinois State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/pool)
Teenager arrested in connection to shooting incident on I-74 overpass
PEORIA, Ill. - A second arrest has been made after a shooting incident near an interstate overpass in January that struck a Peoria Police vehicle. Peoria Police say a 17-year-old male was identified a...
Feb 21, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Preparations underway for annual Peoria Spring Home Show this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Inspiration and ideas for home projects to tackle can be found at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend. The center's exhibit halls will host the annual Peoria Spring Home Show, hosted b...
Feb 21, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: From eliminating grocery tax to migrant crisis criticism, Pritzker gives State of the State/budget address. Find the proposals here
UPDATED 5:55 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Wednesday used part of his annual State of the State and budget address to criticize Republicans for their handling of the immigrati...
Feb 21, 2024 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker gives his annual State of the State speech Feb. 21, 2024, to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly. (Screen capture of illinois.gov web stream)
Seven displaced by East Bluff fire overnight. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Seven people escaped a fire in Peoria's East Bluff early Wednesday morning. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arrived just before 2 a.m., finding a home on N. Central ...
Feb 21, 2024 Midwest Communications
Peoria Park District seeking input on statue replacement
PEORIA, Ill. - Roughly four years ago, the Christopher Columbus statue in Peoria's Upper Bradley Park was removed over controversy about his role in the deaths of Native Americans. The Peoria Park Dis...
Feb 21, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
UPDATE: Two in custody for shooting in Bartonville. Here's what we know
UPDATED: 11:13 A.M. BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Illinois State Police say two people are now in custody following a double shooting Tuesday night in Bartonville. The ISP says the two victims were shot while i...
Feb 21, 2024 (25 News)
Jury seated in murder trial of St. Louis man accused in stabbing death of Peoria doctor
PEORIA, Ill. - A jury has been seated in the murder trial of Robert Ely. 25 News reports it took three hours on Tuesday to seat the five men and seven women who will serve on the jury. Ely, 57, is acc...
Feb 20, 2024 Robert Ely (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2021)
Peoria man faces grand jury-filed child porn charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been charged by a grand jury with a discovery of alleged child pornography made last year. The grand jury Tuesday indicted Rodney Schneider, 43, with a Class-Two felony...
Feb 20, 2024 Rodney Schneider (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail January 2024)
Ahead of Pritzker's budget address, pressures that mounted last year intensify
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Republicans in the Illinois Senate indicated Tuesday that their sticking point for budget negotiations this year will be the same as it was last year - stat...
Feb 20, 2024 PHOTO: Senate Minority Leader John Curran (center) appears with fellow GOP Sens. Chapin Rose (left) and Tom Bennett (right) at a Statehouse news conference on Tuesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
