Category Archives: Local News
Peoria man sentenced for possessing weapon as a felon
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend nearly five years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. Jamarcus Hollingsworth, 30, received a sentence of 57 months in prison on Friday, followed by th...
Jan 06, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Amid record overdoses and drug counselor shortage, workforce expansion program aims to fill gap
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Amid five straight years of record overdose deaths in Illinois, a new state program aims to alleviate a shortage of professionals who work to prevent substa...
Jan 05, 2024 Chicago’s Federal Plaza is pictured during the End Overdose Now rally in downtown on August 28, 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Community leaders in Peoria to be presented research on school violence and how to prevent it
PEORIA, Ill. - Research and insight into why school shootings and violence occur will be presented to leaders in Peoria next week. City leaders, local law enforcement, and Peoria Public Schools offici...
Jan 05, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Spain wants Madigan portrait banned from State Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A local lawmaker is still trying to get legislation passed that would recommend banning former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's portrait from the Illinois Capitol, if Madig...
Jan 05, 2024 (Illinois General Assembly)
UPDATE: Man charged with murder for Peoria's first homicide of the year
UPDATED 3:38 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is being charged with murder in connection with the city's first homicide of the year Thursday. Charges filed in Peoria County Circuit Court indicate Davi...
Jan 05, 2024 David Stone (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Bradley alum to become newest 10th Circuit Judge
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There will soon be a new judge in the circuit covering Peoria, Tazewell, and some other local counties. The Illinois Supreme Court says Caroline Border Campion has been appointed t...
Jan 05, 2024 Caroline Borden Campion (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Southern Illinois University School of Law 2020 photo)
Hearing delayed for Pekin man accused in death of his daughter
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin man accused in the death of his infant daughter was back in court on Thursday. Hunter Waters, 20, had a review hearing scheduled, but was only in court briefly as the hearing w...
Jan 05, 2024 Hunter Waters (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
Peoria man sentenced for drive-by shooting incident in February that damaged a house and gas line
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was sentenced to federal prison on Thursday after a drive-by shooting incident from February of 2023. U.S District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced Tajurie Amir Bennett, 20,...
Jan 05, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Trump faces ballot challenge in Illinois minutes after filing his petitions
UPDATED 12:15 P.M. 1/5 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) -Illinois is now among the growing list of states in which former President Donald Trump will have to fight to have his name appear on ...
Jan 04, 2024 The Illinois State Board of Elections building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
City of Washington forgives loan given to Five Points. Here's what we know
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Washington Mayor Gary Manier says Five Points is a "crown jewel" to the city. "It brings people here, it brings the arts alive and well in our community, with the theater, the Cater...
Jan 04, 2024 A memorial of the Washington tornado. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
