Category Archives: Local News
Lawmakers clear path for assault weapon registration rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - New permanent rules will soon go into effect spelling out how people who own assault weapons and related items that are now heavily regulated in Illinois ca...
Jan 17, 2024 State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, is pictured at the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules hearing Tuesday in Springfield. The committee objected to proposed permanent rules governing the state’s assault weapons ban, although the ban and registration requirement remains in place. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
ALDI eliminates plastic shopping bags, announces other environmentally-friendly change
BATAVIA, Ill. - You won't be able to buy a plastic bag from Aldi anymore, if you forget to bring your own bags. ALDI says it met its goal of eliminating plastic shopping bags from all its stores by th...
Jan 17, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Dog dies after house fire in Peoria early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A dog passed away after a house fire in Peoria early Wednesday morning. Peoria Fire says crews were called to W. Virginia Ave., just off McClure, at around 5:45 A.M., arriving to find h...
Jan 17, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New technologies help work at new Precision Planting facility in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Work is underway at the new Precision Planting facility in Morton. The 510,000-square ft. facility opened in October, and will produce more than 40 products once it becomes fully operat...
Jan 17, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Canton man arrested for Mapleton armed robbery
MAPLETON, Ill. - A Canton man has been arrested for the suspected armed robbery of a Mapleton gas station late last week. Surveillance video Friday night showed a man with a gun demanding money from a...
Jan 17, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Shakeup on board of directors for WTVP with mass resignations, including chairman. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a major shakeup involving the Board of Directors of Peoria public television station WTVP. The Peoria Journal Star reports that 11 people, including Chairman Andrew Rand, submit...
Jan 16, 2024 (25 News)
ECHL returns to central Illinois with Bloomington franchise next season
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Professional hockey is coming back to Bloomington. The ECHL's Board of Governors announced on Tuesday the city will be the 30th franchise in the league, starting in the 2024-25 sea...
Jan 16, 2024 (Grossinger Motors Arena)
Teen charged with murder now indicted by county grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager previously being charged as an adult for murder has now been indicted by a county grand jury. Court records indicate Byron Jarvis, 14, faces two counts of Murder, for ...
Jan 16, 2024 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Police say botched robbery attempt led to fatal shooting
UPDATED 5:24 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We now know who the victim of Peoria's second homicide of this year was, and what happened that led to his death. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Marcus White...
Jan 16, 2024 (25 News)
Peoria Riverfront Museum dedicates Richard Pryor portrait
PEORIA, Ill. - Something that's long overdue. That's how Peoria Riverfront Museum Executive Director John Morris describes the museum-commissioned portrait of late comedian and Peoria native Richard P...
Jan 16, 2024 A portrait of Richard Pryor was dedicated Tuesday at the place that commissioned it, the Peoria Riverfront Museum. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
