Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice to retire
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court is ready to call it a career. The state's high court says Chief Justice Ann Burke will retire at the end of the November, about a mo...
Sep 12, 2022 (Illinois Supreme Court)
Man arrested for suspected car-versus-pedestrian accident
PEORIA, Ill. - One person is injured and one person is in trouble with the law after an accident Sunday afternoon in downtown Peoria. Peoria Police say the accident happened around 3:40 p.m. on West R...
Sep 12, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATED: Standoff ends with two in custody in Spring Bay
UPDATE: 5:07 p.m. SPRING BAY, Ill. -- Local deputies say two people are now in custody following an hours-long standoff in Woodford County Monday. Initially, officers reported their response and the e...
Sep 12, 2022 (25 News)
Styx returning to Peoria in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. -- Styx has announced its World Tour for 2023, and they'll be making another stop in Peoria. The show is slated for the Peoria Civic Center Theater on March 16, 2023. Styx's musical caree...
Sep 12, 2022 Josh Hrach / CC
Illinois closer to eliminating cash bail with new law
CHICAGO, Ill. (FOX News)--Illinois will be the first state in the nation to end cash bail. That means people charged with a crime are going to be released essentially with just a promise to show up fo...
Sep 12, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Flash floods hit Chicago metro area, stranding cars
(Reuters) - The National Weather Service on Sunday issued a flash flood warning for part of northeastern Illinois including Chicago's northern metro area, after heavy rains flooded viaducts, stranded ...
Sep 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A man takes a picture against the Chicago skyline as the steam fog rises off Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/File Photo
Coroner: Deceased Hanna City motorcyclist wasn't wearing a helmet
PEORIA, Ill. -- The coroner's office is identifying a victim involved in a deadly early Saturday motorcycle crash. It happened around 2:44 a.m. yesterday near the intersection of Washington and Harris...
Sep 11, 2022 Midwest Communications
State: New COVID cases keep dropping, therapeutics have helped avoid hospitalizations in recent months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health continues to report lower new case numbers of COVID-19, and for some of those who have had it recently, widely used therapeutic treatments ...
Sep 10, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Four taken to hospital following Central Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire that caused damage to a Central Peoria home continues to be under investigation. The's according to Peoria firefighters, who say it took more than an hour to get the...
Sep 10, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County Board approves funding for Peoria to Chicago passenger rail service application
PEORIA, Ill. - Some Peoria County Board members weren't happy with it being rushed through committee and to them, but in the end, it didn't matter. The board Thursday approved spending $50,000 in supp...
Sep 10, 2022 (City of Peoria)
