Category Archives: Local News
14-year-old accused in August shooting death of 17-year-old in Peoria's East Bluff to be tried as an adult
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager accused of murdering another teenager in August in Peoria's East Bluff will be tried as an adult for First-Degree Murder. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a p...
Dec 27, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Unions look to state for solutions after year of higher ed labor action
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - At public universities across the state, staff and faculty unions have faced a contentious year of negotiations and, in some cases, strikes. Pay has been a ...
Dec 27, 2023 CSU STRIKE: Valerie Goss, the head of the faculty union at Chicago State University, and Illinois Federation of Teachers President Daniel Montgomery embrace at an April 3 rally on the campus of Chicago State University. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Body found outside Peoria home, coroner identifies victim
UPDATED 10:05 A.M. 12/28/23 PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police and now the Peoria County Coroner have released more information about a body found outside a Central Peoria home Wednesday morning. Peoria Pol...
Dec 27, 2023
Three arrested after Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Here's what we know
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Three men were arrested on weapons charges after an early Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Peoria Heights Police say the stop occurred just before 1:30 A.M. Mon...
Dec 27, 2023 From left to right; Tramerreon Blakes, Robert Lawson, Marcus King. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Woman accused of slashing car with machete Christmas Eve
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has been arrested for the third time this month - in this instance, after she wielded what Peoria County Sheriffs Deputies called a machete at a South Peoria-area liquor ...
Dec 27, 2023 Andrea Hollins (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Illinois minimum wage goes on January 1. Here's what some had to say about it
PEORIA, Ill. - Another new year, another minimum wage hike in Illinois. As part of legislation passed several years ago that ramps up the state's minimum wage from $8.25 an hour in 2019, the minimum w...
Dec 27, 2023 Paul Sableman / CC
More than just 'many happy returns' at Northwoods Mall post-Christmas
PEORIA, Ill. - Holiday sales increased this year according to some experts, but not as much as it did last year. But the post-holiday shopping period might do well, at least if Northwoods Mall is any ...
Dec 27, 2023 (25 News)
One person arrested and another person injured after Christmas Eve crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Christmas Eve crash in Peoria injured one person and led to one arrest. 25 News reports the two vehicle crash happened in the intersection of University and Forrest Hill at around 4:4...
Dec 26, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Prohibition on book bans, right to sue for 'deepfake porn' among new laws taking effect Jan. 1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - More than 300 new laws will take effect Jan. 1, ranging from a ban on book bans to the regulation of "deepfake porn" and prohibitions on videoconferencing w...
Dec 26, 2023 More than 300 laws are slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, including new regulations on driving, a ban on ideological book bans, an expansion of paid leave and another annual increase to the state’s minimum wage. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams, photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Carle Health Greater Peoria to end Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO coverage
PEORIA, Ill. - Some area residents who use Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois' HMO plan are getting some changes at the start of the new year. According to a letter an HMO user sent to WMBD News last ...
Dec 26, 2023 (Carle Health)
