Category Archives: Local News
PPD searching for missing Brimfield man
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing person. PPD says 24-year-old David Hicks Jr. was last seen on June 28, near Schlink and Thousand Dollar Roads in Bri...
Julia Bradley Jul 14, 2022 (Peoria Police Department)
Results in primary election certified; PPS board member loses seat by 19 votes
PEORIA, Ill. - The results are now official, and a Peoria Public School Board member has, as far as the total is concerned, officially lost his seat. The Peoria County Election Commission has certifie...
Will Stevenson Jul 13, 2022 Gregory Wilson, Paris McConnell, and Daniel Walther (Submitted Photos)
$100 million added to state's Rainy Day Fund
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The State of Illinois' Rainy Day Fund -- once all but completely ignored by lawmakers from both parties alike -- is now about to hit $1 billion. Comptroller Susana Mendoza says she...
Will Stevenson Jul 13, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
Anderson, Weaver also campaign at Bailey Peoria event
PEORIA, Ill. - State Senator and Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey wasn't the only candidate in November's election at a Peoria event Tuesday. Travis Weaver was there, too, after defeating Pekin M...
Will Stevenson Jul 13, 2022 (Desi Anderson via Facebook)
Illinois vaccine and testing requirements being relaxed for some workers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- State COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements are being relaxed for certain Illinois heathcare centers, medical workers and institutions of higher learning. In an executive orde...
Cooper Banks Jul 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
City Council to hold policy session on violence prevention funding
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is not yet done discussing violence prevention funding. The council Tuesday night voted to hold a special policy discussion next Tuesday night, in light of the c...
Will Stevenson Jul 13, 2022 (From a June, 2022 handout to the Peoria City Council from "Cure Violence" initiative)
CEFCU issues scam warning
PEORIA, Ill. - A local credit union says, like other entities these days, scammers are out to get your bank information. CEFCU says some of its members have received calls "spoofed" to look like one o...
Will Stevenson Jul 13, 2022 Midwest Communications/University of Illinois Extension
Carl Cannon's 'Elite Community Outreach' becomes stand-alone entity
PEORIA, Ill. - It won't be a part of the Peoria Park District's services anymore, but an effort fronted by a now-retired Park District employee and community leader will continue, just in a different ...
Will Stevenson Jul 13, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Radical Illinois militia group leader sentenced to 14 years on terror charges
PEORIA, Ill. -- A group of radical militia members based in Illinois will now serve decades in federal prison for a years-long campaign of violent crimes and attempted sabotage across three states. Th...
Cooper Banks Jul 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Peoria restaurant owner indicted
PEORIA, Ill. -- The owner of Thanh Linh, one of Peoria's most popular Asian restaurants, has been indicted for tax fraud. Peoria County court documents show Linh Luong was indicted on six counts, incl...
Julia Bradley Jul 13, 2022 (25 News)