Category Archives: Local News
Teenager arrested, another with additional charges, in relation to April Chillicothe shooting
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a shooting at an apparent after prom party in Chillicothe in April. The shooting occurred in the early morning hours of April 2...
Jul 24, 2024
Bat with rabies found in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - For the second year in a row, a bat found in Tazewell County has tested positive for rabies. The county health department says one was previously found in October of 2023. The ...
Jul 24, 2024 Grand Canyon National Park / CC
South Peoria home damaged in Wednesday morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. - A South Peoria house was damaged after a fire Wednesday morning. Peoria Fire crews arrived just after 10:15 A.M. to Lincoln and Westmoreland to find smoke coming through the front door,...
Jul 24, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Detention hearing for woman accused of suffocating baby in Tazewell County continued
PEKIN, Ill. - A Tazewell County judge will decide Thursday whether a 21-year old woman accused of suffocating a 10-month old baby will remain in jail until her trial. 25 News reports that's when a det...
Jul 24, 2024 courtroom gavel
Tazewell County to save taxpayers over $110K a year on mailings
PEORIA, Ill. - Tazewell County has found a way to save a significant amount of money on some of its government bulk mailings. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says KnowInk, the company Tazewell Cou...
Jul 24, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Missing NY man dies after being found in rural Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - In what the Peoria County Sheriff describes as one of the most difficult searches ever done locally, authorities have found a missing 77-year-old man from Green Island, New York....
Jul 24, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Victim from Tuesday morning's homicide in Peoria identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified a 31-year-old man killed early Tuesday morning when 20 shots were fired on Peoria's southside. Coroner Jamie Harwood says the victim, Quinterius...
Jul 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
DOJ confirms it is 'assessing the circumstances' of Sonya Massey shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed late Tuesday that it is "assessing the circumstances" surrounding the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman by a...
Jul 23, 2024 Attorney Benjamin Crump, the renowned civil rights lawyer who is representing the family of Sonya Massey, speaks at a news conference Tuesday alongside Massey’s son, Malachi Hill Massey. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Grand jury indicts three men accused of burning pride flags in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted three men on a felony hate crime charge related to allegedly stealing and burning pride flags last month. 21-year-old Noah Gohring, 18-year-old N...
Jul 23, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gordon-Booth joins fellow Democratic delegates backing Kamala Harris
PEORIA, Ill. - With the presidential election roughly 100 days away, President Biden announced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race, endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris,...
Jul 23, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
