Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Final spot for Republicans on Tazewell County Board District 3 changes hands after more ballots counted
UPDATED 4:53 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - The final spot in District 3 for the Republican nomination for the Tazewell County Board has changed hands...for the time being. County Clerk John Ackerman says 86 addi...
Mar 21, 2024 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Braves men wins first game in NIT Wednesday over Loyola
UPDATED 3/21 4:35 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The Bradley Braves men's basketball team has its first win in the National Invitation Tournament. The Braves, seeded #3, defeated Chicago's Loyola Ramblers 74-62....
Mar 20, 2024 (Mike Wild/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man pleads not guilty to shooting following grand jury indictment
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has already pleaded not guilty after being indicted this week by a grand jury for a shooting a month ago. Nehemiah Garner, 19, entered the plea Wednesday, a day after being...
Mar 20, 2024 Nehemiah Garner (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
After being rebuffed by regulators, utilities file slimmed-down spending plans
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - State regulators are once again considering massive electric utility spending plans that would affect the state's climate goals - and 5.4 million electric custo...
Mar 20, 2024 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott presides over a commission meeting in Chicago in late January. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Grand jury charges two more in robbery attempt turned fatal
PEORIA, Ill. - The most recent two out of five people who have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that left one person dead have been indicted by a grand jury. Counts of Armed Robbery a...
Mar 20, 2024 Jonathan Williams (left) and Tanarius Kingcade (right) (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Metamora Grade School superintendent credits community after tax referendum passes
METAMORA, Ill. - The head of the Metamora Grade School district says he is "thrilled" with the passage of a tax rate increase referendum in Tuesday's elections. Voters in the school district were aske...
Mar 20, 2024 (Metamora Grade School)
Governor in Peoria: Illinois' tourism industry is booming
PEORIA, Ill. - Shattering records. That's what Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said about the state's tourism efforts, while speaking Wednesday at the Governor's Conference on Travel and Tourism at the ...
Mar 20, 2024 Governor JB Pritzker receives gifts from Discover Peoria CEO JD Dalfanso (right) during the Governor's Conference on Travel and Tourism at the Peoria Civic Center. (Screenshot of State of Illinois video)
UPDATE: Peoria police chief blasts judge's ruling to release man accused of pointing a gun at an officer
UPDATED 4:18 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Police Chief says it's "beyond belief" that an Alabama man was released from jail, a day after allegedly pointing a gun at one of his officers. Chief Eric Ech...
Mar 20, 2024 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria is joined by Peoria Police officers in speaking out against a judge's ruling to release an Alabama man accused of pointing a gun at a police officer during an attempted traffic stop in South Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
One candidate declares himself a winner for a state legislative race, while others are projected winners
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A number of the candidates who expected to win Republican primary elections Tuesday for statewide or Congressional office, for the most part, did. Woodford County Chief Sheriff's D...
Mar 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
West Peoria voters approve tax levies for fire, ambulance
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - West Peoria voters in Tuesday's primary election approved two property tax levy increases. One ups what property owners will pay for the Fire Protection District, from 0.30% to 0.4...
Mar 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
