Category Archives: Local News
County Board approves developing master plan for jail renovations
PEORIA, Ill. - A master plan will be developed that will identify and prioritize needs for renovation projects at the Peoria County Jail. The Peoria County Board Thursday approved a $275,000 contract ...
Nov 10, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Fire chief: Arsons on the rise in Peoria, but so are arrests
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson fires are on the rise this year in Peoria. The Peoria Fire Department says there have been more than 150 of them so far in 2023, a five percent increase over last year, and leavin...
Nov 10, 2023 Midwest Communications
Lawmakers decline to extend private school scholarship tax credit program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers adjourned their fall veto session Thursday afternoon without renewing a controversial program that provided indirect state support for st...
Nov 10, 2023 Supporters of the Invest in Kids scholarship program for private schools rally outside the Illinois House of
Representatives chamber on Tuesday. Lawmakers adjourned their fall veto session Thursday without
voting to renew the program, meaning it will expire on Dec. 31. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew
Adams)
Illinois lawmakers approve plan to allow small-scale nuclear development
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers on Thursday approved a proposal that would allow companies to develop new nuclear power generation in Illinois for the first time since 1987. Hous...
Nov 10, 2023 Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, and Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, watch as the final vote is counted for their bill that would partially lift the state’s moratorium on nuclear reactor construction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Appellate Court reinstates murder charges in case where dead body was found in storage locker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The murder and attempted murder charges that were tossed out against a Knox County woman after she allegedly hid a dead body in a storage unit have been reinstated. The Fourth Dist...
Nov 09, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Knox County Jail)
Police standoff ends peacefully at Fulton County grocery store. Here's what we know
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - Shoppers at a grocery store in Fulton County were likely troubled at least by what ended up being a police standoff of sorts Thursday afternoon. The Fulton County Sheriffs Department...
Nov 09, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Biden backs Tesla, Toyota unionization, slams Trump
BELVIDERE, Illinois (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday backed the United Auto Workers' efforts to unionize carmakers Tesla and Toyota and asked auto workers to reject his Republican opponent, ...
Nov 09, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to United Auto Workers (UAW) union members in Belvidere, Illinois, U.S., November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Morton High School marching band in Indianapolis for national competition
MORTON, Ill. - They're off, and almost ready to perform on the big stage. The Morton High School marching band is in Indianapolis, preparing to perform at the Bands of America Grand National Champions...
Nov 09, 2023 Supporters wishing good luck to the Morton High School marching band Thursday morning, en route to a national competition in Indianapolis. (Ken Zurski/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Lawmakers set to consider nuclear energy on final day of veto session
UPDATED 11:58 A.M. Since this story was first filed, the Illinois House Thursday morning passed the nuclear power construction legislation. More details to come. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illino...
Nov 09, 2023 Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, looks at Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, as he speaks in support of a bill that would partially lift the state’s 1980s-era moratorium on nuclear construction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
National Weather Service offering advice on preparing for the cold months ahead with Winter Weather Preparedness Week
LINCOLN, Ill. - While the weather may not feel like it in central Illinois this week, the National Weather Service wants people to start thinking about the upcoming cold, winter months. It's part of W...
Nov 09, 2023 Derek Hatfield / CC
