Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker to mull tightening fiscal landscape in budget address this week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker will give his sixth state budget address this week, laying out his plan for a fiscal year that government forecasters in November predicted...
Feb 19, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured during a previous State of the State address in the Illinois House chamber. He’ll give his 2024 address – his sixth as governor – on Wednesday, Feb. 21. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Peoria Riverfront Museum's new exhibit focused on invention
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum that's all about inventions and patents. "The Fire of Genius...Presidents and Patents" exhibit opens Tuesday, February 20 and runs ...
Feb 19, 2024 Rich and Becky Beam are the owners of a collection of patents signed by U.S. presidents on display the Peoria Riverfront Museum. (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
N. Peoria Arby's hit a second time. Here's what we know
NORTH PEORIA, Ill. - What are the chances of a restaurant being struck twice? Apparently pretty good...at least in Peoria. A driver crashed into the Arby's on Allen Road in North Peoria on Sunday afte...
Feb 19, 2024 A vehicle crashed into the entrance of the Arby's on Allen Road in North Peoria Sunday afternoon. (25 News)
Peoria area gas prices still on the rise. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 17 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.43 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 33.7...
Feb 19, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Proposed Illinois House bill would require access to first responder scanner communications to media
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Legislation introduced in the Illinois House would require law enforcement agencies to provide access in real time to encrypted police scanner traffic to accredited media. House Bi...
Feb 18, 2024 Police scanners and other communication radios can be seen in use at WMBD News' Traffic One center. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
With influx of state and federal funding, Illinois looks to add enough chargers to support 1 million EVs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois' electric vehicle charging infrastructure is on pace to double this year, buoyed by an influx of state and federal dollars. The investments are aim...
Feb 18, 2024 Two electric vehicles are pictured at a charging station in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by
Andrew Campbell)
Pritzker commits another $182 million to migrant response, details to come next week
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The state and Cook County announced Thursday a roughly $250 million plan to provide shelter, health care and other services for recently arrived migrants. But a...
Feb 18, 2024 JOHNSON: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over a Chicago City Council meeting on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Lawyers hope for Illinois Supreme Court answer to Trump ballot question
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawyers representing Donald Trump and five Illinois voters hoping to see the former president removed from next month's primary ballot sparred in a downtown Chicago c...
Feb 17, 2024 A sample ballot from Sangamon County shows the names that will appear before voters in the March 19 Republican primary, pending action by a Cook County Circuit Court.
Indoor pickleball court planned for Normal, company says Peoria is next
KAYSVILLE, Utah - Peoria is expected to be one of the places next to get some indoor pickleball courts. Utah-based "The Picklr" - described as an indoor franchise, is going through a rapid expansion, ...
Feb 17, 2024 (The Picklr)
Man accused of home repair fraud in Peoria also faces similar charge in Woodford County
EUREKA, Ill. - A man not yet officially facing charges in Peoria County for alleged home repair fraud, has pleaded not guilty to similar charges in Woodford County. Court records indicate Nicholas Ham...
Feb 17, 2024 Nicholas Hamby (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
