Category Archives: Local News
Man arrested in Peoria for allegedly stealing motor vehicle
PEORIA Ill. - A man was arrested Wednesday in Peoria, for allegedly stealing a vehicle. Just after 3:30am Wednesday morning, Peoria Police responded to the 4100 block of Brandywine -- on a report of a...
Nov 13, 2024 (Ishmiel Gates mug shot via Peoria County Jail)
Illinois Secretary of State's Office to Host REAL ID "Pop-Up" at Peoria Airport Thursday
PEORIA Ill. - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' office is partnering with the Peoria International Airport Thursday -- to help locals "Get real or Get Grounded". Starting next May, the De...
Nov 13, 2024 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Amphitheater proposed for city-owned property in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Leaders in Washington are considering a use for a piece of property it has owned for more than a decade. The city owns 223 acres of property in the area of Nofsinger and U.S. Route ...
Nov 13, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'This is the way things are done in Illinois': Defense attorneys begin cross-examining star witness
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois)- The former chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison has spent the last week telling a federal jury how he bent over backward to accommodate hiring reque...
Nov 13, 2024 A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from ComEd, along with other alleged acts of corruption. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Fire closes Busy Corner Restaurant in Goodfield
GOODFIELD, Ill. - A fire early Wednesday morning has forced the Busy Corner Restaurant in Goodfield to close. The owners said in a Facebook post that thankfully, none of the staff was there at the tim...
Nov 13, 2024 D4E / CC
Lawmakers return to Springfield as projected budget deficit looms
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers returned to Springfield Tuesday for the first time since May following news earlier this month that they're facing a projected $3.2 billion bud...
Nov 13, 2024 Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, speaks at a news conference at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield with fellow Republican senators on Tuesday, Nov. 12. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Peoria's 2025 budget passed without property tax break or grocery tax
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria residents will not get a property tax break in the budget passed by the city council Tuesday night. The $288 million FY 2025 budget does include over $43 million to cover employe...
Nov 13, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin approves new grocery tax to replace state grocery tax
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin is using a new grocery tax in the hopes of making up a state tax that will be going away. By a 4-3 vote at Tuesday night's city council meeting, councilmen approved the...
Nov 12, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Limestone Community High School employee charged after alleged sexual contact with minor
PEORIA, Ill. - An employee of Limestone Community High School has been charged after he allegedly had sexual contact with a minor. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 37-year-old Ronnie B...
Nov 12, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Amid flurry of gun ban challenges, federal appeals court considers Cook County assault weapon law
CHICAGO - A panel of federal judges is weighing whether to overturn a Cook County ban on semiautomatic weapons in a case that could upend other local bans and call into question the statewide prohibit...
Nov 12, 2024 A federal appeals court is considering a challenge to a Cook County assault weapons ban that regulates guns like the one pictured. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
