Category Archives: Local News
Peoria Civic Center and Peoria Rivermen announce new lease agreement
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Rivermen will continue to call the Civic Center home. The hockey club and the Peoria Civic Center Authority jointly announced on Tuesday a new five-year lease agreement. The ...
Nov 5, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Jury sees more evidence surrounding payments to Madigan campaign worker ousted for sexual harassment
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - On the eve of his retirement announcement in late 2016, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain wrote letters to longtime colleagues, expressing his appreciation fo...
Nov 5, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Oct. 31. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
First West Nile-related death reported in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The first human death this year caused by West Nile Virus has been reported in Tazewell County. County health officials say the individual was in their 70s and had onset sympto...
Nov 5, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Two residents displaced in Peoria fire Monday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home in the 300 block of East Forrest Hill Monday evening on reports of a fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arrived around 5 p.m., ...
Nov 5, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Voters turning out in communities across central Illinois on Election Day
UPDATE 2:17 P.M. PEORIA/CHILLICOTHE/WASHINGTON, Ill. - Voters are making their way to the polls on Election Day as they vote on a wide range of candidates and issues. For some people, such as John Spr...
Nov 5, 2024
Two Central Illinois communities come together to start Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaigns
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign began Monday night for two central Illinois communities who plan to work together this year. At a tree lighting ceremony at Peoria's No...
Nov 4, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker's budget office projects $3.2B deficit in early look at upcoming fiscal year
CAPITAL NEWS ILLINOIS - The first extensive public look at next year's state finances contains a warning to lawmakers from the governor's office: "The ability to fund new programs will be severely lim...
Nov 4, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker talks with lawmakers on the floor of the Illinois House in April. His office last week issued a report projecting a $3.2 billion deficit for the fiscal year that begins in July. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria house fire under further investigation
PEORIA Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department is investigating the cause of a house-fire on the 1600 block of North-North Street, that happened Monday afternoon. Crews were called to the home just after 1p...
Nov 4, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: 22-year-old victim in fatal shooting near Peoria apartment complex identified
UPDATED 6:08 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a fatal shooting Monday morning in Peoria has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 22-year-old Clay Megan suffered a gunshot wound t...
Nov 4, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Gas prices take a sharp decline in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - The price at the pump in Peoria is falling. GasBuddy reports a $3.26/g average for unleaded in the Peoria area today. The average is 6.4 cents lower than a week ago, 7.9 cents lower tha...
Nov 4, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
